# Setting up SMTP

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-smtp/33885>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [29. September 2015 um 20:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-smtp/33885 "2015-09-29T20:51:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [30. September 2015 um 10:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-smtp/33885/4 "2015-09-30T10:59:12Z")

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The `SSLError` means that mailgun needs to lrn2ssl – the connection to `smtp.mailgun.com` is presenting a certificate for `*.mailgun.org`, which isn’t the same thing at all. The `ReadTimeout` errors seem more like network problems; likely a flaky connection.

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