# New setup - errors when trying to send emails through gmail

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-setup-errors-when-trying-to-send-emails-through-gmail/133670>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [November 18, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-setup-errors-when-trying-to-send-emails-through-gmail/133670 "2019-11-18T09:55:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarcP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marcp/32/160184_2.png) [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-setup-errors-when-trying-to-send-emails-through-gmail/133670/11 "2019-11-21T17:03:21Z")

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In my opinion it’s just a no-go using Gmail OR Gsuite as transactional mail service for ANY website, including Discourse, it’s not what it’s meant for!

Try Mailgun (it’s even **free** for 10k emails a month!), or see this [article](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-email.md) for alternatives.

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