# Transactional email

Transactional emails include password resets, receipts, security alerts, and similar messages tied to a user-initiated or account-required action. They should stay separate from promotional streams.

**Why it matters:** Mixing transactional and marketing reputation creates avoidable outages for critical product mail.

**Canonical:** https://emailmarketing.sh/glossary/transactional-email

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