[ceejayoz]

> I thought the idea behind Mandrill was to send transactional emails, i.e. not bulk emails.

https://www.mandrill.com/about/

"Use Mandrill to send automated one-to-one email like password resets and welcome messages, as well as marketing emails and customized newsletters."

So, their About page is currently explicitly condoning violating their own Terms of Service.

[scosman]

Oh, and the pricing page that's live right now is a bald faced lie. I wouldn't trust much/anything from these guys.

[zwerdlds]

Not sure if that's really true. Non-bulk marketing and newsletter emails are a thing.

[ceejayoz]

https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206251597-Wha...

> What types of email can I send with Mandrill?

> But you can send any legal, non-spam email through Mandrill, too.

[zwerdlds]

Additionally, > View our Terms of Use for extra details.

It seems like this change is to avoid being on the hook for those non-{legal, non-spam} emails.