# 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:** ![IAmGav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iamgav/32/235598_2.png) [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-email/158509/5 "2020-07-22T16:25:09Z")

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did you try and put `DISCOURSE_SMTP_ENABLE_START_TLS` as **false**?

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