CheersnGears

+1 choice is good.
@HeadStand did a fabulous job of restoring Sparkpost API back to where it belongs. Perhaps she could duplicate with AWS SES for you guys if there is enough demand.
 

I'd like to officially lend my support for Amazon SES. 
SparkPost currently costs me $20 / mo on a plan for 50,000 emails (and this was after I suppressed the majority of my email notifications to switch to a lower plan).  The equivalent cost on Amazon SES would be $5 / mo.  This represents cost savings of $180 / yr.  
The cost savings are too big to ignore for independent communities.  

Sparkpost is depreciating their free service which means time to move on. Was this ever made to work with Amazon SES?

Quick note that the impending 4.4.5 release (just out as Beta 1 now) has some changes to how IPS calls the sound library stuff. I'll need to check on Soundboard compatibility before you guys upgrade.

It's a shame this isn't part of core features, but thank you @Adriano Faria for building it.  It works perfectly for me. 

It's a shame this isn't part of core features, but thank you @Adriano Faria for building it.  It works perfectly for me. 

I'm surprised this isn't in there by default.   If I ignore a user, that means I shouldn't see their stuff ever.

Just tested and got the same if I enable Notify me of replies in the article post screen. You don't need to do that if you're enable to add topic followers in the article on the plugin settings. That's the problem.
For now, you can either:
disable the setting to follow NOT enable the follow in the article post screen I will release a version to fix it.

I've put up a temporary patch here for now. In case you don't have ftp access, I'll PM you both shortly with a patched update.

I tried opening a support ticket on your website but I'm getting a 403 Forbidden error when I click submit on the ticket.  This only started after I upgraded to 4.4.1 from 4.3.6
IPB 4.4.1 and Collections 2.1.5   
Error code: EX1370
SELECT collections_items.id FROM `ipb2collections_items` AS `collections_items` WHERE default_image > 0 AND collections_items.approved < 2 AND collections_items.approved!=-2 AND collections_items.approved!=-3 ORDER BY collections_items.rand () LIMIT 5 IPS\Db\Exception: execute command denied to user 'ddowdell_cng'@'localhost' for routine 'collections_items.rand' (1370) #0 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Db/Select.php(373): IPS\_Db->preparedQuery('/*IPS\\Content\\_...', Array, true) #1 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Db/Select.php(436): IPS\Db\_Select->runQuery() #2 [internal function]: IPS\Db\_Select->rewind() #3 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Content/Item.php(2853): iterator_to_array(Object(IPS\Db\Select)) #4 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Content/Widget.php(384): IPS\Content\_Item::getItemsWithPermission(Array, 'collections_ite...', 5, 'read', true, 256, NULL, false, false, false, false, NULL, false, true, false, false) #5 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/applications/collections/widgets/collectionsItems.php(113): IPS\Content\_Widget->render() #6 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Widget/Widget.php(734): IPS\collections\widgets\_collectionsItems->render() #7 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/uploads/template_28_94a9d7649fb9cdbfc784d3516e61a717_global.php(18624): IPS\_Widget->__toString() #8 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Theme/SandboxedTemplate.php(61): IPS\Theme\Cache\class_core_front_global->widgetContainer('sidebar', 'vertical') #9 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/uploads/template_28_94a9d7649fb9cdbfc784d3516e61a717_global.php(15619): IPS\Theme\_SandboxedTemplate->__call('widgetContainer', Array) #10 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Theme/SandboxedTemplate.php(61): IPS\Theme\Cache\class_core_front_global->sidebar('right') #11 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/uploads/template_28_94a9d7649fb9cdbfc784d3516e61a717_global.php(6562): IPS\Theme\_SandboxedTemplate->__call('sidebar', Array) #12 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Theme/SandboxedTemplate.php(61): IPS\Theme\Cache\class_core_front_global->globalTemplate('5eb7335d660c939...', '\n<div class='ip...', Array) #13 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(172): IPS\Theme\_SandboxedTemplate->__call('globalTemplate', Array) #14 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Dispatcher/Standard.php(118): IPS\_Dispatcher->finish() #15 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/init.php(588) : eval()'d code(33): IPS\Dispatcher\_Standard->finish() #16 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Dispatcher/Front.php(575): IPS\Dispatcher\soundboard_hook_howlerSwap->finish() #17 [internal function]: IPS\Dispatcher\_Front->finish() #18 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/init.php(588) : eval()'d code(24): call_user_func_array('parent::finish', Array) #19 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/system/Dispatcher/Dispatcher.php(154): IPS\Dispatcher\soundboard_hook_jsMerge->finish() #20 /home/ddowdell/public_html/cheersandgears.com/index.php(13): IPS\_Dispatcher->run() #21 {main}  

I've just pushed out a new version with a fix for this. It also includes some other fixes and support for the third party sparkpost applications that are in the marketplace.

So is the author of the theme missing?

I was the original requester of this.  It takes a bit to set up on the Apple News side, but once you do, it works well and automagically.  Highly recommend for people who want to syndicate their news articles from Pages into Apple News.  @HeadStand is great for support.

Is mailbouncer working with 4.4? I do not see 4.4 in the compatibility box.

@All Astronauts, this no longer seems to be working on my board since going to 4.4. I have uninstalled it a few times and reinstalled with no effect

Compatible with IPS 4.4.

I'm posting it everywhere, because I need 4.4 for a critical fix so this is my way of notifying authors their app compatibility is a high priority for me and my community.  
I enjoy this app and would like to continue using it for 4.4. I'm not sure what the problem is for you in notifying Marketplace contacts that I would appreciate a prompt review of their file when 4.4 becomes available? Many of them have dozens of apps and plugins, and feedback like this from clients can help them figure out which ones to prioritize.  

Hi @HeadStand
I wanted to let you know that I use Newsletter app, and would appreciate an upgrade to 4.4 when it becomes officially available. 

So is the author of the theme missing?

It seems to be. Hopefully, all is well and he'll be back after a long holiday. 

In case it's useful, here's a modified article template that I use that displays article pictures side by side on a wider screen, and then stacks them under each other on mobile. Seems to work well across all email clients I've tried.
 
<!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]> <table width="600" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td> <![endif]--> <table class="container" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: top; font-size: 0;"> {{foreach $items as $pos => $item}} <!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]> <table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td> <![endif]--> <div style="width: 300px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top;"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="20"> <tr> <td style="font-size: 15px;"> {{if isset( $params['image_data'] ) && $params['image_data']['field']}} {{$imageField = $params['image_data']['field'];}} {{$image = $item->$imageField ? \IPS\File::get( $params['image_data']['extension'], $item->$imageField )->url : null;}} {{elseif $item instanceof \IPS\downloads\File}} {{$image = $item->primary_screenshot_thumb->url;}} {{elseif $item instanceof \IPS\gallery\Album\Item}} {{$image = $item->shareImage();}} {{endif}} {{if $image !== null}} <a href="{$item->url()}"> <img src="{$image}" width="300" height="175" style="width:100%;height:175px;max-width:300px;" alt="{$item->mapped( 'title' )}" title="{$item->mapped( 'title' )}"> </a> <br> {{endif}} <div style='display:inline-block;'> {{if !( $item instanceof \IPS\gallery\Image )}} <a href="{$item->url()}"><strong>{$item->mapped( 'title' )}</strong></a> <br> {{endif}} {{if $params['show_author']}} {$item->author()->name} | {datetime="$item->mapped( 'date' )" dateonly="true"} <br> {{endif}} {{if $params['show_content']}} <div style='display:inline-block;'> {{if $params['max_chars'] > 0}} {{$content = \strip_tags( $item->content() );}} {truncate="$content" length="$params['max_chars']"} {{else}} {$item->content()|raw} {{endif}} </div> {{endif}} {{if isset( $params['show_views'] ) && $params['show_views']}} {$item->mapped( 'views' )} views {{endif}} {{if isset( $params['show_comments'] ) && $params['show_comments']}} {$item->mapped( 'num_comments' )} comments {{endif}} </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]> </td><td> <![endif]--> {{endforeach}} </td> </tr> </table> <!--[if (gte mso 9)|(IE)]> </td> </tr> </table> <![endif]-->  
 

https://www.cheersandgears.com
It's on the right side of the front page.
I'm mostly interested in people reacting to posts or article comments.  That much would be enough for me. 

@HeadStand I got it working in Outlook by changing the image tag to.  I run my images at 300px, but you get the idea.
<img src="{$image}" width="300" style="width:100%; height:auto; max-width: 300px;........>  

I would tell you to put them on your ignore list, but ... Then you'd be trying to ignore the people who are ignoring other people, and apparently you see ignored messages anyways.  

I modified the content templates for a little different layout. Increased picture size, swapped in the teaser paragraph instead of content, added a call to action.
 Thank you for the updates, this is what I was looking for.