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Postmark Make integrationAutomate Postmark with Make.

Every bounce, open and reply in Postmark can start something useful. The Postmark Make integration gives you 33 modules: 8 instant triggers, 20 actions and 5 searches. This guide is for anyone who sends email through Postmark and wants the follow-up handled without code.

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What you can automate

What does the Postmark Make integration let you do?

The Postmark Make integration links your Postmark account to Make, a no-code tool where you build a scenario (the automation itself, a chain of modules). Postmark tells Make when an email bounces (comes back undelivered), gets opened, clicked or answered, and Make reacts: it sends an email, pulls statistics or passes the data to another app.

A cleaner contact list. Watch Bounced Emails and Watch Spam Complaints fire the moment Postmark records the problem. Your scenario can then flag the address in your CRM, so nobody keeps writing to a dead or annoyed inbox.

Replies that don't sit in a queue. Watch Inbound Emails catches messages sent to your Postmark inbound stream (the address where Postmark receives mail for you), and Send an Email answers the sender with or without one of your templates. Handy for a support desk or a contact form.

Numbers where your team reads them. The statistics modules (sent, opened, clicked, bounced, spam complaints) return a server's figures so you can push them to a sheet or a chat channel after a release or a campaign.

Limits worth knowing: the Make documentation for Postmark is marked as AI-generated and asks you to check anything important with Postmark directly. For anything the 33 modules skip, Make an API Call reaches the rest of the Postmark API. The same app also has a node in n8n, described in the Postmark n8n integration page, and the n8n vs Make comparison helps you pick a tool. New to Make? The Make training starts from zero.

Connect

How do you connect Postmark to Make?

  1. 01

    Grab your API token in Postmark

    You need an active Postmark account and a verified sender address. Log in to Postmark, open the dashboard, click the API Tokens tab and copy the token shown there. Keep it at hand for the next step.

  2. 02

    Add a Postmark module in Make

    In your scenario, add any Postmark module and click Create a connection. A connection is your Postmark account linked to Make once, then reused by every Postmark module. The Connection name field is optional but helps when you run several servers.

  3. 03

    Paste the credentials and save

    Enter the credentials you copied from Postmark, or follow the instructions Make shows on screen, then save. Make now lists the options it can read from your account when you fill in a module.

First scenario

Your first scenario: answer inbound emails automatically

GoalWhen an email lands in your Postmark inbound stream, Make sends the sender a confirmation right away.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page in Make, create a new scenario and click the big + to add your first module. That first module is the trigger, the event that starts everything.

  2. 02

    Add Watch Inbound Emails

    Search for Postmark, pick Watch Inbound Emails, click Create a webhook, then Create a connection with your API token. The lightning badge on the module means it is instant.

  3. 03

    Add Send an Email

    Click the + to the right of the trigger and choose Postmark Send an Email. Map the sender of the inbound message into the recipient, and write a short confirmation or pick a template.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once, then send a test message to your inbound stream. Each module shows the bundles it received (a bundle is one item passed along, here one email). Check that the reply went out.

  5. 05

    Switch it on

    Turn the scenario on. Because the trigger is instant, Postmark wakes it for each new inbound email. Each module run counts as one operation, the unit Make measures on your plan.

Triggers

Postmark triggers in Make

8 modules start a scenario when something happens in Postmark. A scheduled trigger is checked by Make on the scenario's schedule; an instant one is called by Postmark as soon as it happens.

Postmark1Watch Bounced Emails

Watch Bounced Emails

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when bounces are received.

Starts your scenario each time Postmark reports a bounce, so a failed delivery lands in your tools instead of hiding in a dashboard nobody opens.

How it fires
instant. Postmark calls Make through a webhook as soon as the bounce happens, with no interval to wait for.
When to use it
a welcome email to a new trial user bounces and your sales rep should correct the address while the lead is still warm.
Watch out
pair it with Get a Bounce if you need more detail than the trigger passes along, and click Create a webhook before the connection.
Postmark2Watch Clicked Emails

Watch Clicked Emails

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when a tracked link is clicked.

This one reacts when someone clicks a tracked link in an email you sent through Postmark. Each click becomes a bundle your next modules can use.

How it fires
instant. Postmark calls Make through its webhook the moment the click is recorded.
When to use it
a prospect clicks the pricing link in a follow-up email and you want the account owner told in your CRM or chat tool.
Watch out
only tracked links count. If link tracking is off for that message, Postmark has nothing to report and the scenario stays silent.
Postmark3Watch Delivered Emails

Watch Delivered Emails

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when an email has been successfully delivered.

Confirmation that a message actually reached the recipient's server. Watch Delivered Emails fires on each successful delivery and passes it to the rest of your scenario.

How it fires
instant. Postmark calls Make by webhook as soon as the delivery succeeds.
When to use it
an invoice or contract email where your team needs proof of delivery logged next to the customer record.
Watch out
delivered means accepted by the receiving server, not read. For reading, look at Watch Opened Emails. On a busy server, every delivery also costs operations.
Postmark4Watch Inbound Emails

Watch Inbound Emails

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when new inbound emails are received.

Turns incoming mail into a starting point. When Postmark receives a new inbound email, this trigger hands it to Make so you can route, answer or store it.

How it fires
instant. Postmark calls Make through a webhook the moment the message arrives.
When to use it
a support address where each new request should create a ticket and get an automatic acknowledgment through Send an Email.
Watch out
if your reply goes back to an address that feeds the same inbound stream, the scenario can end up answering itself. Send replies to the original sender only.
Postmark5Watch Opened Emails

Watch Opened Emails

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when a recipient opens an email.

Tells your scenario that a recipient opened one of your emails. It suits follow-ups that only make sense once the message has been seen.

How it fires
instant. Postmark notifies Make by webhook as soon as the open is recorded.
When to use it
a quote sent to a lead is opened and you want a task created for the rep to call while the topic is fresh.
Watch out
it relies on open tracking being enabled for the message. Without it, Postmark has no open to report.
Postmark6Watch Outbound Events

Watch Outbound Events

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when a bounce, click, delivery, opened email, spam complaint or subscription change happens depending on the user's preference.

The catch-all trigger for sent mail. One module covers bounces, clicks, deliveries, opens, spam complaints and subscription changes, depending on the events you select.

How it fires
instant. Postmark calls Make through a webhook as each chosen event happens.
When to use it
you want a single activity log for every outbound email in one sheet or database, rather than six separate scenarios.
Watch out
on the Free plan you only get 2 active scenarios, which makes this combined trigger attractive. Test with Run once and read the bundles to see which event arrived.
Postmark7Watch Spam Complaints

Watch Spam Complaints

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when a user clicks This is Spam or Mark as Spam in their email clients.

Fires when a recipient clicks the spam button in their email client on a message you sent. That complaint is a strong signal, and this trigger makes sure someone hears it.

How it fires
instant. Postmark calls Make by webhook as soon as the complaint comes in.
When to use it
a newsletter subscriber marks you as spam and your marketing tool should stop writing to them straight away.
Watch out
treat each complaint as an opt out in your other tools. Writing again to people who complained is exactly what you want to avoid.
Postmark8Watch Subscription Change

Watch Subscription Change

Instant trigger

In MakeTriggers when an email address is added or removed from a Stream Surpression list.

Keeps your lists in sync with Postmark. It starts the scenario when an address is added to or removed from a stream's suppression list in Postmark.

How it fires
instant. Postmark calls Make through a webhook as soon as the list changes.
When to use it
a customer unsubscribes from product emails and your CRM field should reflect it without anyone copying it by hand.
Watch out
removals matter as much as additions. Map both cases, or your CRM will keep an address blocked that Postmark has already reactivated.
Modules

Postmark actions and searches in Make

Postmark gives you 25 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Postmark1

Activate a Bounce

Action

In MakeActivates a bounce.

Reactivates a bounced address in Postmark so it can receive your emails again. The fix happens inside Postmark, not only in your records.

When to use it
a customer tells support their mailbox is fixed and you want sending restored from the same scenario that logged the ticket.
Watch out
this acts on your Postmark account directly. Check the bounce with Get a Bounce first, so you don't reactivate an address that is still broken.
Postmark2

Get a Bounce

Action

In MakeRetrieves a bounce.

Pulls one specific bounce from Postmark with its details, so your scenario can decide what to do based on facts rather than a guess.

When to use it
right after Watch Bounced Emails, to enrich the alert your team receives before someone edits a contact.
Watch out
it reads a single bounce. To look through many at once, List Bounces is the better choice.
Postmark3

Get a Bounce Dump

Action

In MakeRetrieves a bounce dump.

Retrieves the bounce dump Postmark keeps for one bounce. The Make documentation does not say what it contains, so run it once and read the bundle before you rely on it.

When to use it
a recurring bounce on a key client domain that you want to forward to whoever manages your mail setup.
Watch out
map the bounce from an earlier module such as Get a Bounce or List Bounces, since this action works on one bounce at a time.
Postmark4

Get an Inbound Email's Details

Action

In MakeRetrieves the details of an inbound email.

Fetches the full details of one inbound email Postmark received. Useful when the trigger or a search gave you the message but you need everything about it in one bundle.

When to use it
a message found with List Inbound Emails that should be archived in full in your helpdesk or storage tool.
Watch out
the Make documentation says inbound emails expire after forty-five days in Postmark, so older messages can't be fetched.
Postmark5

Get an Outbound Email's Details

Action

In MakeRetrieves the details of an outbound email.

Looks up one email you sent through Postmark and returns its details. It answers the question a customer asks support: did you actually send it?

When to use it
a spam complaint or a click arrives and you want the original message attached to the record before a person reviews it.
Watch out
outbound emails also expire after forty-five days according to the documentation. Store what you need before then.
Postmark6

Get Bounced Emails Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on your server's bounced emails.

Returns bounce statistics for your Postmark server, the aggregate view instead of bounce by bounce. It shows whether a problem is a single address or a pattern.

When to use it
after importing a new list, to see whether bounces jumped and the import needs cleaning before the next send.
Watch out
these are counts for the server, not individual addresses. Pair them with List Bounces when you need names.
Postmark7

Get Browser Platform Usage Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on the browser platforms used to open the links in your emails (Link Tracking).

Reports which browser platforms people used to open the links in your emails, based on Postmark link tracking. It tells desktop from mobile clicking habits.

When to use it
your landing page team wonders whether to design for phones first, and you want the answer from your own emails.
Watch out
only tracked links feed these numbers, so a campaign with tracking off will look empty.
Postmark8

Get Browser Usage Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on the browsers used to open the links in your emails (Link Tracking).

Lists the browsers behind the clicks on your email links, again drawn from link tracking. Where the previous module speaks of platforms, this one names the browsers.

When to use it
a product launch email sends people to a new web page and QA needs to know which browsers to test first.
Watch out
the data covers clicked links only. Readers who never clicked don't appear anywhere in this report.
Postmark9

Get Click Location Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on which part of the email links were clicked from (HTML or Text) (Link Tracking).

Shows whether clicks came from the HTML part of your emails or from the plain text version. A small detail that settles design debates quickly.

When to use it
your team is deciding whether the plain text version still deserves care, and wants numbers from real sends.
Watch out
like the other click reports, it depends on link tracking. Location here means HTML or text, not geography.
Postmark10

Get Delivery Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves the bounce statistics of a server.

Gives the bounce statistics of a server in one call. Despite its name, the documentation describes it as a bounce overview, which makes it a quick health check.

When to use it
a scenario that posts a short deliverability status to your team chat after each release of your app.
Watch out
its scope overlaps with Get Bounced Emails Statistics. Test both with Run once and keep the one whose output fits your report.
Postmark11

Get Email Client Usage Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on the email clients used to open your emails (Open Tracking).

Tells you which email clients your recipients use to open your messages, based on Postmark open tracking. Great input before redesigning a template.

When to use it
your designer asks which inboxes matter most before rebuilding the onboarding emails.
Watch out
without open tracking on your messages, the numbers stay empty or partial.
Postmark12

Get Email Platform Usage Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on the platforms used to open your emails (Open Tracking).

Breaks down opens by platform, so you see whether your audience reads on desktop, mobile or webmail. It comes from open tracking, not from clicks.

When to use it
choosing between a long, detailed email and a short one when most readers might be on phones.
Watch out
it is a server wide picture. If one server mixes very different audiences, the average can mislead you.
Postmark13

Get Link Clicks Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on your server's emails clicked links (Link Tracking).

Returns click statistics for the tracked links of your server's emails. It is the number to watch when an email's job is to send people somewhere.

When to use it
comparing two versions of a trial reminder, to push the click counts into the sheet where your team tracks results.
Watch out
only tracked links feed it. Emails sent with link tracking off add nothing to the count.
Postmark14

Get Opened Emails Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on your server's opened emails (Open Tracking).

Brings back the open statistics of your server, using Postmark open tracking. A simple way to see if subject lines are doing their job.

When to use it
a scenario that adds open figures to your campaign sheet once a big announcement has gone out.
Watch out
opens depend on tracking being enabled. Treat the result as an indicator rather than an exact count of readers.
Postmark15

Get Outbound Emails Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves a brief overview of the outbound emails statistics of a server.

The short summary of everything a server sent: a brief overview of outbound statistics in one bundle. Start here before reaching for the detailed reports.

When to use it
a dashboard row per Postmark server, refreshed when your team reviews email health.
Watch out
it is an overview. For the detail on bounces, opens or clicks, use the dedicated statistics modules.
Postmark16

Get Sent Emails Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on your server's sent emails.

Counts the emails your server sent. It is the baseline every other rate is measured against, which is why it belongs in any email report.

When to use it
checking that a transactional flow still sends after a code change in your app, before customers notice missing messages.
Watch out
sent is not delivered. Combine it with the bounce statistics to see how much actually arrived.
Postmark17

Get Spam Complaints Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on your server's spam complaints.

Returns how many spam complaints your server received, the figure mailbox providers care about most. A rise here is a warning worth sharing.

When to use it
after a marketing send, to post the complaint count where the person who approved the campaign will see it.
Watch out
it gives totals. To act on each complaining address, use the Watch Spam Complaints trigger instead.
Postmark18

Get Tracked Emails Statistics

Action

In MakeRetrieves statistics on your server's tracked emails.

Reports how many of your server's emails were tracked. It helps you read the other numbers: low opens may simply mean few emails had tracking on.

When to use it
before sharing open or click rates with your manager, to confirm the sample is large enough to trust.
Watch out
this module measures coverage, not engagement. Keep it next to the open and click reports rather than on its own.
Postmark19

Make an API Call

Action

In MakePerforms an arbitrary authorized API call.

Your way out when none of the 33 modules does what you need. It calls any endpoint of the Postmark API with the connection you already set up.

When to use it
a Postmark feature your scenario needs that has no dedicated module in Make.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the Postmark API documentation open. For beginners, try the listed modules first.
Postmark20

Send an Email

Action

In MakeSends an email with or without template.

Sends an email through Postmark, either written in the module or based on one of your Postmark templates. It is the module most scenarios end with.

When to use it
a new customer signs up in your app and should get a welcome message from your usual Postmark sender.
Watch out
the sender must be a verified address in Postmark, otherwise the send fails. Test with your own inbox using Run once.
Postmark21

List an Email's Clicks

Search

In MakeRetrieves information on how and when a link was clicked in an email.

Returns every recorded click on one email: how and when each link was clicked. As a search, it can return zero, one or several bundles.

When to use it
a sales rep wants to see which links a prospect clicked in a proposal before the call.
Watch out
several clicks mean several bundles, and each following module runs once per bundle, which adds operations.
Postmark22

List an Email's Opens

Search

In MakeRetrieves information on how and when an email was opened.

Gives you the open history of one message, with how and when it was opened. A good fit when one important email deserves a closer look.

When to use it
checking whether a customer opened the payment reminder before your finance team calls them.
Watch out
an empty result may mean open tracking was off, not that the email went unread.
Postmark23

List Bounces

Search

In MakeRetrieves all (filtered) bounces on a server.

Retrieves the bounces of a server, filtered if you want. It is the search to use when you need the list itself, not a single case.

When to use it
cleaning your CRM after a migration, by matching every bounced address against your contacts.
Watch out
a long list becomes many bundles and many operations. Filter as narrowly as you can before the run.
Postmark24

List Inbound Emails

Search

In MakeRetrieves all inbound emails of a server. Emails expire after 45 days.

Pulls the inbound emails a server received. Unlike Watch Inbound Emails, it looks back at what already arrived instead of waiting for the next one.

When to use it
you just built a support scenario and want to process the messages that came in before it was switched on.
Watch out
inbound emails expire after forty-five days, so anything older is gone from this search.
Postmark25

List Outbound Emails

Search

In MakeRetrieves all outbound emails of a server. Emails expire after 45 days.

Searches the emails your server sent and returns them as bundles. It helps when you need to act on past sends rather than new ones.

When to use it
a customer disputes receiving their order confirmation and support wants every email sent to that address.
Watch out
outbound emails also expire after forty-five days. For a longer history, store sends elsewhere as they happen.
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FAQ

Postmark and Make: common questions

01Is the Postmark Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Postmark is a standard app, available from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Since all Postmark triggers are instant, the interval rarely matters here. Paid plans remove the scenario limit and allow 40 minutes of execution. Your Postmark subscription is separate and billed by Postmark.
02What does it take to connect Postmark to Make?
An active Postmark account and a verified sender email address. In Postmark, open the dashboard, click the API Tokens tab and copy your token. In Make, add a Postmark module, click Create a connection, optionally name it, and paste the credentials. For a trigger, click Create a webhook before the connection. The connection is then reused by every Postmark module in your scenarios. If you manage several Postmark servers, give each connection a clear name so you pick the right one later.
03Do Postmark triggers in Make fire in real time?
Yes. All 8 Postmark triggers in Make are instant: Postmark calls Make through a webhook as soon as a bounce, click, delivery, open, inbound email, spam complaint or subscription change happens. You don't pick a polling interval for them. That is different from scheduled triggers, which Make checks every 15 minutes by default. Each event still costs operations on your plan, so a very active server consumes more. Each event arrives as its own bundle, so the rest of the scenario handles one bounce or one click at a time.
04What if a Postmark module is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It reaches any endpoint of the Postmark API with the connection you already created, so you are not limited to the 33 listed modules. You will need the Postmark API documentation to build the request. Also keep in mind that the Make documentation for Postmark is flagged as AI-generated, so confirm important details with Postmark. Before writing a custom request, check the 20 actions and 5 searches once more: the statistics and list modules cover more ground than their names suggest.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Postmark?
It depends on the tool your team already works with. Make covers Postmark with 33 ready modules, including 8 instant triggers, and lets you build visually without code. Postmark also has a node in n8n, documented on a separate page of this site. Compare the modules you need in each, check which tool your colleagues know, and choose the one you can maintain. If you are still unsure, the Make training on this site helps you judge whether Make fits your team.