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### Recommended Email Providers for Discourse
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We strongly recommend using a dedicated email service. Email server setup and maintenance is _very_ difficult even for experienced system administrators, and getting any part of the complex required email setup wrong means your email won't be delivered, or worse, delivered erratically.
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The following are template configurations for email service providers who offer generous free plans that work for most communities.
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**Please note that in any email provider, you _must_ verify and use the subdomain, e.g. `discourse.example.com`. If you verify the domain only, e.g. `example.com`, mail will not be configured correctly.**
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Enter these values when prompted by `./discourse-setup` per the [install guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md#edit-discourse-configuration):
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#### [Elastic Email][ee] — 150k emails/month
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SMTP server address? smtp.elasticemail.com
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SMTP user name? [Your registered email address]
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SMTP password? [Elastic Email API Key]
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SMTP port? 2525
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#### [SendGrid][sg] — 40k emails on a 30 day trial
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SMTP server address? smtp.sendgrid.net
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SMTP user name? apikey
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SMTP password? [SendGrid API Key]
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We recommend creating an [API Key][sg2] instead of using your SendGrid username and password.
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#### [Mailgun][gun] — 10k emails/month (with credit card)
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SMTP server address? smtp.mailgun.org
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SMTP user name? [SMTP credentials for your domain under domains tab]
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SMTP password? [SMTP credentials for your domain under domains tab]
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#### [Mailjet][jet] — 6k emails/month
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Go to [My Account page](https://www.mailjet.com/account) and click on the ["SMTP and SEND API Settings"](https://www.mailjet.com/account/setup) link.
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[ee]: https://elasticemail.com
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[jet]: https://www.mailjet.com/pricing
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[gun]: http://www.mailgun.com/
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[sg]: https://sendgrid.com/
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[sg2]: https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Send/How_Emails_Are_Sent/api_keys.html
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