Overview
What Mandrill is
Mandrill is Mailchimp's transactional email service that sends emails programmatically through an API, with sending domains, deliverability, and analytics.
Courier sits in front of it as one API, a visual editor, journeys, and every other channel, so you keep Mandrill for delivery and build multi-channel notifications on top.
You need a Courier account and your own Mandrill account and API key.
Why Courier
What you get with Mandrill + Courier
Design beautiful emails, no code
Build and edit email in Courier's visual editor. Product and marketing change content and layout without shipping code.
Automate multi-step journeys
Onboarding, drip, and lifecycle sequences with delays and branching, all delivered through Mandrill.
Add SMS, push, and chat
The same notification can reach every channel. Add one when you need it, no new integration in your code.
Add an in-app inbox
A new, easy add-on: drop Courier Inbox into your web or mobile app so users get an in-product notification center alongside email.
Localize a template in seconds
Pick a language and let Courier translate the whole template with AI, then tweak any string. One template, every market.
Send to lists and audiences
Broadcast a one-off or recurring message to an entire list through Mandrill, alongside your transactional email.
Use cases
What teams build with it
Setup
Connect it in minutes
An admin adds Mandrill once on the Integrations page in Courier. Once connected, anyone on your team can design and send email through Mandrill, and add channels whenever they need them.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I use Mandrill with Courier?
Yes. Courier sends email through Mandrill (Mailchimp Transactional) while you design and route the message. You keep Mandrill as the delivery provider and add it as an email channel in Courier's Send API and Journeys.
Do I still need my own Mandrill account?
Yes. Courier does not resell Mandrill, so you bring your own Mailchimp Transactional account and API key. Your sending domain, reputation, and click-tracking settings stay in Mandrill; Courier authenticates as you to hand off each message.
What do I need to connect Mandrill to Courier?
A Mandrill API key generated from the Mandrill Settings page, plus a From Address and From Name entered on the Courier Mandrill integration page. Enter them, click Save, and recipient profiles need an email field to receive messages.
Can I import my existing Mandrill templates into Courier?
Yes. On the Mandrill configuration page in Courier, your saved Mandrill templates appear as selectable checkboxes. Pick the ones to import using your Mailchimp Transactional credentials, then continue editing them in Courier's Design Studio.
Does Courier track opens and clicks from Mandrill?
Yes, if click tracking is enabled under Mandrill Settings, Sending defaults. Open and click status updates can arrive with some delay. You can review delivery and provider errors in Courier's platform logs and analytics.
How do I add attachments, CC, or BCC on a Mandrill email?
Use the providers.mandrill.override object to customize the request sent to Mandrill's Messages API. Attachments, CC, and BCC live here; CC and BCC need preserve_recipients: true, and merge variables nest inside the message struct.
Is Courier a replacement for Mandrill?
No. Mandrill still delivers the email; Courier sits in front of it. Courier adds the Send API, Journeys, and Design Studio, plus SMS, push, and Courier Inbox, so you orchestrate Mandrill as one channel among many.
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