# SMTP for group : ssl wrong version number error

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 9, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-for-group-ssl-wrong-version-number-error/211654 "2021-12-09T20:13:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-for-group-ssl-wrong-version-number-error/211654/4 "2021-12-12T20:27:19Z")

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587 will support STARTTLS but not TLS (at connect time).

We should amend the options here to allow STARTTLS.

If you uncheck “Use SSL for SMTP” does it work?

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