# Sending email failed with SMTPS port 465

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-email-failed-with-smtps-port-465/65787>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [7 Julio, 2017 05:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-email-failed-with-smtps-port-465/65787 "2017-07-07T05:07:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [7 Julio, 2017 05:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-email-failed-with-smtps-port-465/65787/2 "2017-07-07T05:19:37Z")

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This sounds like a problem with your mail provider or the server running Discourse (such as a firewall issue). It is not a problem with Discourse itself.

Also note that port 465 hasn’t been for SMTPS for so long that the IETF has removed its registration as a well-known port. You should use port 25 or 587 with STARTTLS.

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