[11]Sending
SMTP relay
Authenticate with your API key prefix as the username and the full key as the password. The relay applies the same workspace checks, suppression, rate limits and tracking rewrites as the REST API — it is the same pipeline behind a different door, not a lesser path.
Host: smtp.mailhaap.com
Ports: 587 STARTTLS (required)
465 implicit TLS
2587 fallback, for networks that block 587
Username: the API key prefix, e.g. mh_live_a1b2c3
Password: the full API keyThree custom headers are honoured and stripped before delivery, so they never reach the recipient: X-MH-Tag, X-MH-Campaign-Id and X-MH-Track-Opens.
There is no open relay, ever
Submission requires authentication without exception. Automated relay tests run hourly against our own submission hosts and alert on any anonymous acceptance.