# Discourse-doctor Error 503 AUTH command used when not advertised - but email works fine from admin CP

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [December 29, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doctor-error-503-auth-command-used-when-not-advertised-but-email-works-fine-from-admin-cp/137302 "2019-12-29T14:25:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doctor-error-503-auth-command-used-when-not-advertised-but-email-works-fine-from-admin-cp/137302/5 "2020-01-01T02:10:24Z")

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Hmm. Thanks. I’ll have a look and see if it can treat that condition as a warning.

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