Question
send emails via SMTP
- Posted on April 21, 2025
- DevelopmentCMSBuilding on DigitalOceanDNS
Asked by Hamza kholti
Since February, I haven’t been able to send emails via SMTP. I checked and the port is open — what could be causing the issue?
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Heya,
DigitalOcean blocked SMTP ports in order to deal with spam. This has been raised as a concern as legit users like yourself are suffering. I’ll keep you posted once we have any information about the lift.
Heya, @hamzakholti
The SMTP ports have been disabled in order to fight out sending SPAM from our servers. However there is an internal discussion on this matter and we will keep you posted.
Regards