> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.smtpexpress.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

## What is SMTP Express?

SMTP Express is a complete emailing suite built to meet the promotional, transactional and inboxing needs of businesses. Powering all these is our email delivery service; <b style={{ type:"mdxJsxAttributeValueExpression",value:"{color: '#F2B311'}",data:{estree:{type:"Program",start:271,end:289,body:[{type:"ExpressionStatement",expression:{type:"ObjectExpression",start:271,end:289,loc:{start:{line:9,column:181,offset:271},end:{line:9,column:199,offset:289}},properties:[{type:"Property",start:272,end:288,loc:{start:{line:9,column:182,offset:272},end:{line:9,column:198,offset:288}},method:false,shorthand:false,computed:false,key:{type:"Identifier",start:272,end:277,loc:{start:{line:9,column:182,offset:272},end:{line:9,column:187,offset:277}},name:"color",range:[272,277]},value:{type:"Literal",start:279,end:288,loc:{start:{line:9,column:189,offset:279},end:{line:9,column:198,offset:288}},value:"#F2B311",raw:"'#F2B311'",range:[279,288]},kind:"init",range:[272,288]}],range:[271,289]},start:271,end:289,loc:{start:{line:9,column:181,offset:271},end:{line:9,column:199,offset:289}},range:[271,289]}],sourceType:"module",comments:[],loc:{start:{line:9,column:181,offset:271},end:{line:9,column:199,offset:289}},range:[271,289]}} }}>
The Send API.</b>

With the Send API, businesses can send emails programatically from their applications (Website, Mobile App, CI/CD Pipeline). We do this by letting you establish SMTP connections over HTTPS, eliminating the need for a backend server.

This documentation has been designed to help you get started with SMTP Express and explore its features in-depth. Let's get started!

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