Is this the only way of connecting as SMTP ports are being blocked by provider (Digital Ocean) and their support doesnt respond to the ticket. (I see several requests like Proposed changes to discourse-setup because Digital Ocean blocks outbound smtp - Dev - Discourse Meta

this is not the solution for us as they didnt respond to the ticket [image] DigitalOcean blocking SMTP and forcing SendGrid usage Support Definitely good advice, and thank you for it. However, DO’s offerings plays quite nicely with some other things I’m building and trying…

Just edit the port and change to 2525 or submit a ticket if you’re using something that doesn’t support 2525

Thanks a lot. In the meantime Jesus came :innocent: and told the same -Thank you for contacting DigitalOcean Support. My name is Jesus Silva, and I’ll be assisting you with your request. I understand your concerns around the SMTP restriction placed on your account. We understand that you have an …

So, basically no SMTP with digital ocean (as 2525 is not the option or not the reliable one)

One of my projects recently suffered this and 2525 was not able to send email. I suspect they are silently also blocking this port too. The only way we could send again was to raise a ticket and get the restriction lifted (which was very easy because no history of spam as they said) once it was lif…

[image] Denis_Didkovsky: We understand that you have an application requirement or a business need to enable port 25, 465 and 587. However due to our current policy we are unable to facilitate requests to remove the restriction on this port. We recommend utilizing alternative ports if your appli…

Any alternative way to connect to email service then SMTP (on Digital Ocean)

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Denis_Didkovsky (DenisD) April 17, 2025, 11:41pm 3

this is not the solution for us as they didnt respond to the ticket

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Any alternative way to connect to email service then SMTP (on Digital Ocean)

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