# 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")
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#### 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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