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# 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](/docs/introduction/connect-smtp-relay.md), [Mailgun API](/docs/introduction/connect-mailgun-api.md), [SparkPost API](broken://pages/IQ5TwnUcIHGJRCFuO8zq), [Amazon SES API](/docs/introduction/connect-amazon-ses-api.md), or create a [Velocity MTA](/docs/velocity-mta-continuing-education/complaint-feedback-loops.md) 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](/docs/introduction/postal-routes.md).

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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](/docs/introduction/postal-routes.md#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](/docs/introduction/send-a-test-message.md).