# Getting ready to send

**Watch our Getting Started introduction video then read through our easy to follow documentation with more details below:**

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**Step one**

Connect to an email delivery service.
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Connect to a [SMTP Relay](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/introduction/connect-smtp-relay), [Mailgun API](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/introduction/connect-mailgun-api), [SparkPost API](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/introduction/broken-reference), [Amazon SES API](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/introduction/connect-amazon-ses-api), or create a [Velocity MTA](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/velocity-mta-continuing-education) delivery policy.&#x20;

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**Step two**

Create a postal route for your email delivery service.
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Follow the [postal route instructions](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/introduction/postal-routes).

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**Step three**

Add the postal route to a customer account.
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Follow instructions on [adding your postal route to a frontend customer account](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/postal-routes#adding-your-postal-route-to-a-frontend-customer-account).

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**Step four**

Send a test message from the frontend customer account.
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Log into your email marketing frontend and [send your first message](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/introduction/send-a-test-message).


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