# Unable to send mails using Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-mails-using-discourse/51296>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [October 9, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-mails-using-discourse/51296 "2016-10-09T12:24:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-send-mails-using-discourse/51296/3 "2016-10-10T03:45:22Z")

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> [@mpalmer](#):
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> There you are, then. Your credentials are wrong.

That is to say, there is something wrong with the username and /or password (or, perhaps the address/host name, but that’s pretty unlikely).

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