# Cheaper alternative to Mailgun?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cheaper-alternative-to-mailgun/232903
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [July 14, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cheaper-alternative-to-mailgun/232903 "2022-07-14T17:57:42Z")
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### Author: ![Jonathan5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathan5/32/197134_2.png) [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cheaper-alternative-to-mailgun/232903/32 "2025-07-04T10:00:40Z")

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> [@Jonathan5](#):
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> Is there a good idiot’s guide to changing Discourse settings from Mailgun to SES?

I can confirm that this is an idiot’s guide!

> [@Moving from Mailgun to Amazon SES as an amateur](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-from-mailgun-to-amazon-ses-as-an-amateur/372851):
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> I didn’t take notes for every single step of the way, but it seems to have worked. I’m happy to answer questions though can’t guarantee the answers will be good slight_smile Created a new Amazon SES identity for [forum.example.com](http://forum.example.com). It tells you the records to add for DMARC etc. This explains how to get SES SMTP credentials: [Obtaining Amazon SES SMTP credentials - Amazon Simple Email Service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/smtp-credentials.html) Changed SMTP settings in app.yml - see [Troubleshoot email on a new Discourse install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326). I’m not sure abo…

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