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Happy 4th of July everyone.

It says "Update available" and I can't find it nor can I renew. Why?

I did give specific examples right here above your post. See links.

@Charles http://hotspotoutdoors.com/forums/topic/179639-2016-pheasant-season/?_report=83 http://hotspotoutdoors.com/forums/topic/179639-2016-pheasant-season/?page=2 I've asked users to stop reporting as you guys are the one who can make it right.

Pics STILL sideways here: http://hotspotoutdoors.com/forums/topic/179426-anyone-get-their-sites-going/ Why isn't this fixed? Sideways pics being posted @Lindy @Charles lead to more people leaving IPS forums because it is not as visually appealing and IT'S ANNOYING. Please, please fix.

@stoo2000 when will mandrill bouncer become SparkPost Bouncer @Lindy says:

It looks like your cost will be at least $100/mo if you have under 100,000 members. $20/mo per block of 25,000 mandrill emails and at least $20 per month for mailchimp depending on if they only consider you having less than 1500 subscribers. That would be $20/mo for mailchimp if the assumption is correct and $80/mo for the mandrill sends. if you have 100,001 to 125,000 members you email it would cost $20 more per month. etc per block of 25,000. Mandrill is no longer the best option for transactional email. Fact is, in my opinion it's a costly option now.

You have to pay for a mailchimp account monthly 1st and then mandrill is $20 per block of 25,000. Mailchimp Account Start-up monthly pricing: Subscribers Sends Price 1,001 - 1,500 unlimited $20.00 1,501 - 2,000 unlimited $25.00 2,001 - 2,500 unlimited $30.00 2,501 - 2,600 unlimited $35.00 So it appears minimum pricing will be $40/mo if you have under 1501 Subscribers.

@stoo2000 ...here is something else you may want to look at from a discussion about what mandrill is doing. A lot of unhappy folks out there. Fortunately when I've start to use Mandrill, I didn't build directly all my email service on top of it. Specially for webhooks that are very usefull. I've made a bundle to use them indifferently from various service. It's available here https://github.com/ScullWM/MailHookBundle and it supports Campainmonitor, Mailjet, Mandrill (sic), Mailgun and Sendgrid. As long as you get a paid Maichimp account and don't mind the increased pricing for mandrill...I assume yes.

And for those that pay the price looks like it has tripled.

You may want to take a look at this for sending Forum Transactional Emails: https://sendgrid.com/marketing/transactional-email?cvosrc=PPC.Google.transactional%20email&cvo_cid=SendGrid%20-%20US%20-%20Focus%20Keywords%20(English)&mc=Paid%20Search&mcd=AdWords&keyword=transactional%20email&network=g&matchtype=p&mobile=&content=&search=1&gclid=Cj0KEQiA6bq2BRC6ppf0_83Z1YIBEiQAgPYNvTp-xd1_kQDmLTJmILPzqUfFZhKEHGNXF6iO55tp52kaAk3o8P8HAQ

Thought you might want to see an email from Mandrill I just received: Hello, We're writing to let you know about some significant changes that will affect your Mandrill account. Going forward, all Mandrill users will be required to have a paid monthly MailChimp account and verify ownership of all sending domains. Here's the timeline: Starting 3/16, all new Mandrill users will create accounts through MailChimp, and current Mandrill users can merge their existing Mandrill account with a monthly MailChimp account. Current users will have until 4/27 to merge their accounts. Why we're making this change The MailChimp team built Mandrill in 2012 as a transactional email tool. Mandrill has always been under the MailChimp umbrella, but it has functioned as a completely separate product. Mandrill is now becoming an optional add-on to paid MailChimp accounts. This is a strategic change we're making to close the gap between the two products and focus on the MailChimp marketing platform. MailChimp is designed for marketing, and Mandrill is designed for transactional messages. Each is powerful on its own, and offering Mandrill as an add-on makes MailChimp even more powerful for our small business and e-commerce customers. Our CEO and cofounder Ben Chestnut wrote more about the changes on the MailChimp blog. What you need to know The application's functionality and look and feel are not changing at this time. Here are the important changes that will affect your account: Starting today, Mandrill will adopt MailChimp's Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policy. These terms reinforce that Mandrill should be used for transactional email, and bulk email/email marketing campaigns should be sent through MailChimp. In addition, MailChimp's Privacy Policy, which has always covered Mandrill, has been updated. If you have any questions about our policy changes, please email legal@mailchimp.com. To continue using Mandrill, all users will be required to have a paid monthly MailChimp account by 4/27. All Mandrill users will be required to verify their sending domains and add SPF and DKIM records by 4/27. This is already in effect for new Mandrill users. Starting 3/16, all new Mandrill accounts will be created and accessed through MailChimp. Starting 3/16, the Mandrill mobile application will no longer be available for installation. It will remain functional for existing users until 4/27. Our billing and pricing model is also changing. MailChimp will generate one consolidated bill that covers your MailChimp and Mandrill charges. Mandrill credits will be sold in blocks of 25,000 emails. Blocks will start at $20 per month. This goes into effect once your accounts are merged. Any existing discounts, free credits, and free accounts will no longer be valid once your accounts are merged. What you need to do If you already have a paid monthly MailChimp account, you’ll be able to merge your accounts starting on 3/16. We’ll send detailed instructions at that time. If you don't have a paid monthly MailChimp account and decide to create one, you can go to mailchimp.com and do so at any time. You'll be able to merge your accounts starting on 3/16. We'll send detailed instructions at that time. If you haven't already done so, you'll need to add SPF and DKIM records and verify ownership of your sending domains. Here's an article explaining how to do that. Starting 4/27, Mandrill will not send any email from unverified domains or domains without valid SPF and DKIM records, including public domains like gmail.com and yahoo.com. If you don't have a paid monthly MailChimp account merged with your Mandrill account by 4/27, then your Mandrill account will be disabled. If you have questions or need technical support, please log in to your Mandrill account and click Support in your dashboard. We've made support available to all users on free and paid accounts. We know this is disruptive, and we understand that it may affect your decision to use Mandrill. Please know that we carefully considered these changes. The new structure will allow us to create more flexible products and better serve our customers. Thanks for using Mandrill, and we hope to welcome you to MailChimp soon. - The Mandrill team

Maybe you should have a link to it in your signature? And thank you for the service. I didn't realize you had gone in and fixed things. Can I send again and it will be alright now?

Exactly what are the proper channels of support for you here on IPS? We are almost totally throttled by mailchimp because you didn't make sure this was fixed last time it was an issue. Now I am worried about members being able to get confirmation emails when they sign-up because of the email percentage of hard bounces being sent that should not be sent that make us look spammy and causing ISPs to cut us off or throttle us.