Use when asking about email deliverability, compliance (CAN-SPAM, GDPR, CASL), transactional email design patterns, list management, testing safely, or general email best practices — provider-agnostic knowledge with Postmark-specific guidance.
80
73%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
87%
1.08xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
Optimize this skill with Tessl
npx tessl skill review --optimize ./postmark-email-best-practices/SKILL.mdReliable email sending with idempotency, retry, and batching
Idempotency key derivation
58%
100%
Pre-send idempotency check
100%
100%
Post-send idempotency record
100%
100%
Exponential backoff formula
100%
100%
Retryable error codes
62%
100%
Non-retryable error codes
100%
100%
Batch Send API for bulk
100%
58%
Concurrency rate limiting
25%
100%
Async queue pattern
100%
100%
Correct message stream
100%
100%
Safe email testing without harming sender reputation
No consumer provider addresses
100%
100%
POSTMARK_API_TEST token usage
100%
100%
Token via environment variable
70%
80%
Black hole address for functional tests
0%
100%
Hard bounce testing address
0%
0%
Soft bounce or subscription testing address
0%
0%
Sandbox server for end-to-end testing
40%
0%
Test method differentiation
50%
62%
Bounce webhook suppression verified
90%
100%
CI workflow environment setup
87%
100%
Compliant newsletter subscription and unsubscribe flow
Stream separation: confirmation
100%
100%
Stream separation: newsletter
100%
100%
Double opt-in token expiry
100%
100%
Consent timestamp recorded
100%
100%
Consent source recorded
100%
100%
List-Unsubscribe header
100%
100%
List-Unsubscribe-Post header
100%
100%
Physical postal address in footer
100%
100%
Immediate unsubscribe suppression
100%
100%
Own suppression list maintained
100%
100%
No re-add without fresh consent
100%
100%
No pre-ticked consent
100%
100%
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