Question 1

What is Posthawk?

Accepted Answer

Posthawk is a self-hosted email infrastructure platform that lets you send, schedule, and receive emails through a simple REST API. It uses AWS SES under the hood for reliable delivery.

Question 2

Is Posthawk really free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Posthawk is free to self-host. You only pay for your own AWS SES usage, which starts at $0.10 per 1,000 emails. No platform fees, no hidden costs.

Question 3

How do I self-host Posthawk?

Accepted Answer

You can deploy Posthawk with a single Docker Compose command. The setup takes under 10 minutes — connect your AWS SES credentials, configure your domain, and you are ready to send.

Question 4

What email providers does Posthawk support?

Accepted Answer

Posthawk currently supports AWS SES as the email transport. We chose SES for its high deliverability, low cost, and battle-tested infrastructure used by thousands of companies.

Question 5

Can I use my own domain?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. Posthawk supports custom sending domains with full SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configuration. You can verify and manage multiple domains through the dashboard.

Question 6

How does inbound email processing work?

Accepted Answer

Posthawk receives incoming emails via SES and forwards them to your application through webhooks. You get the full email body, headers, and attachments parsed and ready to use.

Question 7

Is there a rate limit?

Accepted Answer

There are no rate limits imposed by Posthawk itself. Your sending rate is determined by your AWS SES account limits, which you can increase by requesting a sending limit increase from AWS.

Question 8

Where can I get support?

Accepted Answer

Join our GitHub Discussions for community support, file issues on GitHub for bugs, or check our documentation at docs.posthawk.dev. We also have a Discord server for real-time help.

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