# Which free mail servers can be used for Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [August 25, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141 "2025-08-25T09:16:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@ace\_1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ace_1)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/1 "2025-08-25T09:16:11Z")
Which free mail servers can be used for Discourse? I’m looking for recommendations. I tried QQ and 163, but neither worked.
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### Author:  [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/2 "2025-08-25T09:39:28Z")
Hi,
I use [Brevo](https://www.brevo.com/free-smtp-server/), with up to 300 emails per day, which I find sufficiently adequate for the needs of most small-scale forums.
If your forum is larger than this, host your own email server would be a better choice.
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### Author:  [@ace\_1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ace_1)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/3 "2025-08-25T09:56:42Z")
Hello,
I tried to telnet to Brevo’s port 587 on my Ubuntu server, but I couldn’t connect. My server is located in Hong Kong, and all my server ports are open.
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/4 "2025-08-25T10:09:00Z")
May i ask what VPS provider are you using?
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### Author:  [@ace\_1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ace_1)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/5 "2025-08-25T10:10:13Z")
I am using a YuCloud VPS 😳
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/6 "2025-08-25T10:13:19Z")
I can’t comment for YuCloud, but i haven’t experienced Brevo over port 587 with Digital Ocean.
> [@On another topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/378948/1):
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> change port from 587 to port 2525
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### Author:  [@ace\_1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ace_1)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/7 "2025-08-25T10:22:27Z")
Thanks, the port was changed from 587 to 2525 and telnet is now successful.
When testing the mail server in the Discourse admin control panel, it was sent but the email was not received. Below are the logs in Brevo. Clicking on details returns a 404. Do you have a solution?
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### Author:  [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/8 "2025-08-25T10:41:24Z")
connect to your server by SSH, to copy the results from `./discourse-doctor`
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/9 "2025-08-25T10:52:46Z")
Are there any email errors in /logs of your forum, or maybe Bounced emails?
Also see:
> [@Troubleshooting Outgoing Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-outgoing-email/271484?silent=true):
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> bookmark This is an #explanation guide discussing how admins can troubleshoot outgoing email from a Discourse site. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Discourse relies heavily on email for user notifications and account management tasks. If users are unable to receive emails from your Discourse site, this can lead to a variety of problems, including missed notifications and account management issues. Summary In this documentation, you will learn: How to check sent …
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### Author:  [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/12 "2025-08-26T02:38:48Z")
You can test it with [https://www.mail-tester.com/](https://www.mail-tester.com/) according to its instructions.
If it receives it and reports a high score, it means that for most email service providers, your email is very likely to be spam. Different email service providers may put it in the spam folder or even reject it.
If it doesn’t receive it, it means there is a problem with your email sending configuration.
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### Author:  [@ace\_1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ace_1)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/13 "2025-08-26T02:45:58Z")
Thank you everyone, emails can now be sent out because Brevo requires domain and sender configuration, as well as the setup of some DNS records.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse/380141/15 "2025-09-22T23:36:36Z")