I am currently using Google’s SMTP service for my Discourse instance via this guide . Are there any downsides to using it?

[image] CorruptBlu: How would I do that? Dear @CorruptBlu Here ya go. Settings: [image] [image] Hope this helps.

If this is a Gmail account (as opposed to G-suite) there are sending limits that you should be aware of. As your community grows, so does the volume of emails being sent. Hitting the limit repetitively can lead to the suspension of your gmail account.

[image] CorruptBlu: I am currently using Google’s SMTP service for my Discourse instance via this guide . Are there any downsides to using it? Hi @CorruptBlu We use our Google GSuite (what ever it is called these days) without any problem since March (except initially before we turned off d…

Or maybe just use something like SES or Mailgun which offers a much better value?

Yes, big problem Bulk and transactional mail is against both the Gmail and G Suite terms of service. Do not use it as your primary email sender for Discourse. Note that it will soon be okay to use Gmail as a subordinate / secondary email sender: [image] IMAP support for gro…

[image] neounix: My advice, for what little it is worth, is that if you are going to use Google for SMTP mail, you disable digests, or restrict digests to a vary narrow scope and range. How would I do that?

I read that G-Mail allows up to 500 emails per day, as opposed to free plans for mailjet, sendgrid, etc which only offer around 200-300 emails per day.

It has been mentioned many times in this forums that using Gmail/Gsuite would be against the TOS. But I can’t find any links to the TOS. Can someone post the TOS or an excerpt where this is mentioned?

[image] Hector: It has been mentioned many times in this forums that using Gmail/Gsuite would be against the TOS. But I can’t find any links to the TOS. Not sure if the topics are still around, but we’ve had sites find their gsuite accounts were throttled or even terminated before now. …

Utiliser Gmail comme service SMTP

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riking (Kane York) Août 12, 2020, 11:11 5

Oui, gros problème

L’envoi de courriels en masse et transactionnels est interdit par les deux conditions d’utilisation de Gmail et de G Suite. N’utilisez pas ces services comme expéditeur principal pour Discourse.

Notez qu’il sera bientôt possible d’utiliser Gmail comme expéditeur secondaire ou subordonné :

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Utiliser Gmail comme service SMTP

Oui, gros problème

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