# Setting Up Discourse using Gmail SMTP Settings

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-using-gmail-smtp-settings/291749
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [January 16, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-using-gmail-smtp-settings/291749 "2024-01-16T08:07:06Z")
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### Author: ![RBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@RBoy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RBoy)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-using-gmail-smtp-settings/291749/5 "2024-02-06T22:21:59Z")

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> [@Dorcas\_Kagoya](#):
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> is possible setup using my personal gmail account SMTP Settings

Yes you could, I had done that initially but ran into a problem very quickly. Note that gmail limits the number of emails sent to about 500 in a 24 hour rolling period. Discourse sends out a _What you missed Summary_ emails to all users once a week or so. So when you hit about 500 users or more then you run into an issue where gmail will block discourse from sending any more emails.

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