# Extending SMTP timeout

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-smtp-timeout/239228
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 16, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-smtp-timeout/239228 "2022-09-16T17:30:51Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-smtp-timeout/239228/2 "2022-09-16T17:55:14Z")

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> [@alldritt](#):
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> Is there a way to extend the timeout interval when Discourse waits for the SMTP server to return the acknowledgment a email message has been submitted

We recently added SMTP timeout customization, but that is about making the actual SMTP connection:

> [@SMTP Net::ReadTimeout without relation to net or login problems - SMTP host is just slow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-net-readtimeout-without-relation-to-net-or-login-problems-smtp-host-is-just-slow/235727/2):
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> For that is necessary to add those new settings on So it looks like if GlobalSetting.smtp\_address settings = { address: GlobalSetting.smtp\_address, port: GlobalSetting.smtp\_port, domain: GlobalSetting.smtp\_domain, user\_name: GlobalSetting.smtp\_user\_name, password: GlobalSetting.smtp\_password, authentication: GlobalSetting.smtp\_authentication, enable\_starttls\_auto: GlobalSetting.smtp\_enable\_start\_tls, + open\_timeout: GlobalSetting.smtp\_open…

Sounds like your problem is after the connection is established and the problem is on the send transaction timeout?

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