How to send email with Mandrill
Knock integrates with Mandrill to send email notifications to your users.
In this guide you'll learn how to get started sending transactional email notifications with Mandrill through Knock. We also cover provider configuration and additional data you can pass through to Mandrill.
Features
- Attachments support
- Delivery tracking
- Knock link and open tracking
- Mandrill link and open tracking
- Per environment configuration
- Sandbox mode
Getting started
You can create a new Mandrill channel in the dashboard under the Integrations > Channels section. From there, you'll need to configure the channel for each environment you have.
Channel configuration
The following channel settings should be configured per environment. Navigate to Integrations > Channels in your dashboard, select your Mandrill channel, then click "Manage configuration" under the environment that you'd like to configure.
Additional data sent
Knock sends the following attributes along with your emails:
metadata.knock_message_id: the ID of the message this email is associated withmetadata.knock_recipient_id: the Knock ID of the recipient this email is being sent to
Recipient data requirements
In order to send an email notification you'll need a valid email property set on your recipient.