After discontinuing Mailchannels, we received significant feedback from Brixly customers expressing how highly they valued the service—many considered it a critical feature. We took this feedback seriously and developed a plan in response.

As I mentioned in previous posts, Enix has been working on a state-of-the-art, scalable email platform called "Enmail" for some time now. A key component of this platform is a fully load-balanced email gateway with outgoing spam protection, RBL detection, and more. We decided to expedite the development of this gateway by separating it from the broader Enmail system, transforming it into a standalone solution. I'm pleased to report that progress has been strong, and we're nearing a production-ready release.

The Enmail Gateway is a fully load-balanced outgoing email platform capable of sending emails from hundreds of dynamically managed IP addresses. These IPs are automatically removed from the sending pool if any issues arise. Outgoing emails are scanned for spam to prevent the delivery of obvious spam messages, and suspicious emails are quarantined for manual review if necessary.

This service will be offered free of charge to all customers, just like Mailchannels was. We believe that our in-house solution will provide Brixly customers with the best of both worlds: a reliable and robust email-sending service for shared hosting, while also allowing us to keep our costs—and therefore our prices—low.

The Enmail Gateway will undergo final testing next week. Once we're satisfied with its performance, we will gradually transition our shared servers to this new system, closely monitoring performance throughout the process. I'll post another update once the service is fully live, along with a schedule for the server transitions.

For customers who manage their own DNS, you will need to update your SPF records to accommodate the new gateway. We will provide an SPF include to help us manage this dynamically and minimise future changes. If you manage your DNS within our platform, we will handle these SPF updates for you.

Elliot