# New user registration activation email not working

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-registration-activation-email-not-working/195622>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** unsupported-install\
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-registration-activation-email-not-working/195622 "2021-07-01T10:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-registration-activation-email-not-working/195622/5 "2021-07-02T20:44:10Z")

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> [@tkdhanasekar](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> smtp_address = "smtp.gmail.com"
> smtp_port = 587
> smtp_domain = sampledomain.in
> smtp_user_name = "mymail@gmail.com"
> smtp_password = " *********"
> smtp_authentication = login
> notification_email = noreply@sampledomain.in
> smtp_enable_start_tls = true
> 
> ```

Gmail isn’t a supported mail provider. There are lots of reasons that the email can be stopped at Google, my recommendation would be to [use one of the supported providers](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-email.md).

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