We know that there are way more important things going on in the world right now than talking about the ins and outs of email, but we still wanted to send you an update and share some news about what’s going on in the Postmark world. We hope you are doing well, and that you are able to spend time and energy on the people and things that are most important to you.

We had (and still have!) big plans for the year, but as with many businesses, our priorities have shifted a little bit. Our main product expansion this year is still Message Streams (more on that a little later).

But instead of launching a significant new feature broadly during this time, we’re focusing on some internal capacity and system improvements this quarter. So when the time comes for us to launch Message Streams, we know we’ll be ready to handle whatever you throw at us!

By now you have most likely heard about our expansion into bulk email (or what we’re calling broadcasts). The concept of Message Streams is our solution to becoming the most reliable provider for all your application-based email, while making sure transactional and marketing/promotional email does not mix in Postmark.

We already have about 100 customers from our beta trying it out right now. If you’ve been on the waitlist to get into the beta: thank you for being patient with us! We still have a little bit of work to do before we can make this more widely available, and our current goal is to do a public launch sometime in Q3.

In the meantime, you can sign up to get an update when Message Streams go live.

Even though we’re not launching Message Streams this quarter, we did make the decision to do a public launch for a different new product: People-First Jobs. Chris summarized the reasoning perfectly in his announcement blog post:

With so many layoffs and hiring freezes in the job market as a result of COVID-19, we believe that People-First Jobs can make a meaningful contribution in a moment like this. That’s why we’re launching it today.

Our hope is that People-First Jobs can raise awareness about companies who take a healthy approach to work, and connect them with the job seekers who share those values. You’ll also find a helpful list of COVID–19 resources from our team and People-First companies.

We’d love to hear your feedback.

Oh, and we also quietly went live with another product we’ve been working on for a while: DMARC Digests. Many of you will be familiar with our free DMARC reports. DMARC Digests is a premium version focused on helping you protect your brand from email scammers with more visibility into who’s sending emails using your domains.

In addition to weekly email reports, you get 60 days of DMARC history, complete visibility into all mail sources, and a single place to monitor everything with on-demand access to a web dashboard. Pricing is simple and straightforward: $10/domain/month. We’d love for you to try it out free for 14 days.

And that’s all the news we have to share with you this month. Until next month — stay safe, and happy sending!

Rian