# Unable to send email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-email/158509>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-email/158509 "2020-07-22T15:32:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sasiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sasiko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sasiko)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-email/158509/1 "2020-07-22T15:32:26Z")

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telnet smtp.mydomain 587

```
Trying IP..
Connected to smtp.mydomain.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 smtp.mydomain.com ESMTP

```

i rebuilt countless time and i am able to successfully send email with the online test site

> **[SMTP Test Tool](https://www.gmass.co/smtp-test)**
>
> Test your connection to Sendgrid, Amazon SES, or any other SMTP server.

the issue is that discourse doesnt send any email at all, for registering or resetting password

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