# Can I use gmail smtp?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-gmail-smtp/62504
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-gmail-smtp/62504 "2017-05-11T12:22:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![wiliamjoaquim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wiliamjoaquim/32/71571_2.png) [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-gmail-smtp/62504/1 "2017-05-11T12:22:35Z")

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I would like to use google mail sending, can I enter the smtp from my personal google account?

```
smtp.gmail.com
door 465
email: myemail@gmail.com
senha: ******

```

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### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-gmail-smtp/62504/2 "2017-05-11T12:25:12Z")

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Doing so is against Google’s terms of service, and you will _very_ quickly run into rate limits.

Set up one of the recommended providers instead:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-email.md>

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-gmail-smtp/62504/3 "2017-05-11T14:52:07Z")

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