I need you to unblock my account or at least 2 of my droplets to connect via SMTP to gmail so i can send reset passoword emails (and other alike) for my deployed application
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Heya,
SMTP is blocked for new accounts. You can check why here:
You need to contact DigitalOcean’s support to ask and have your ban lifted by contacting them here
Hi there,
SMTP is often blocked by default on DigitalOcean Droplets to prevent spam:
To get it unblocked, you’ll need to contact DigitalOcean Support and explain that you’re sending legitimate app emails like password resets:
In the meantime, you can use an external SMTP provider like SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, or any other provider. Most of them support SMTP on non-standard ports like 2525, which usually works even if port 25 is blocked. Or better yet, use their SMTP email HTTP APIs, they’re faster, more reliable, and easier to scale.
- Bobby
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