Hi.
I need to be able to send emails from my droplet. I tried this tutorial https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-google-s-smtp-server but it didn’t work. After that here (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-configure-smtp-to-send-a-mail-with-php) and in a couple more links I read that outgoing SMTP connections might be blocked.
Aren’t my connections blocked? Thanks.
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you should use some professional email company which can look after your smtp issues i faced the same problem until i found a good smtp relay service like http://bulkresponse.com they have inhouse team and a good support team as well good luck.
I contacted digital ocean and they told me that my smtp port is not blocked. But anyway I set up a free ManDrill account because I have like 1 mail a day (8
I might have a better response if I knew how your were sending the emails but personally, I like using SMTP Hosts like:
These companies focus on high deliverability.
They usually have instructions on how to setup SMTP for whatever you may be using it for. Some SMTP hosts also offer a free plan for up to a certain limit.
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