# Discourse on DigitalOcean with SMTP server on HostGator

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-digitalocean-with-smtp-server-on-hostgator/287615>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [December 5, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-digitalocean-with-smtp-server-on-hostgator/287615 "2023-12-05T18:25:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-digitalocean-with-smtp-server-on-hostgator/287615/5 "2023-12-05T20:50:40Z")

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> [@Varlov](#):
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> What I meant is I don’t want to use Mailgun, etc. as I can’t have that as an extra cost at the moment.

Mailgun is [super cheap](https://help.mailgun.com/hc/en-us/articles/203068914-What-Are-the-Differences-Between-the-Free-and-Flex-Plans-) and even free if you send fewer than 1,000 emails in a month.

I’ve used Mailjet for my personal Discourse because it’s [free up to 6.000 emails a month](https://app.mailjet.com/account/subscription). That’s far more than I need, but I wouldn’t mind paying if I breached that limit because it would mean I’d built up a goodsized community. 😉

That said, I don’t see any reason not to try using your [HostGator SMTP credentials](https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/email-connection-settings) when you [configure Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md#7-edit-discourse-configuration) and see what happens.

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