# There is absolutely no reason to only support Mailgun **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketing & promotion\ **Created:** [April 30, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/there-is-absolutely-no-reason-to-only-support-mailgun/38147 "2023-04-30T07:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![cajmorgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@cajmorgan](https://forum.ghost.org/u/cajmorgan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/there-is-absolutely-no-reason-to-only-support-mailgun/38147/3 "2023-04-30T08:46:10Z")
> [@Mailgun Alternatives](https://forum.ghost.org/t/mailgun-alternatives/33201/3): > > . So the broader answer is that you can’t send newsletters with SMTP, Yes, but my problem is this statement I read all over the place “. So the broader answer is that you can’t send newsletters with SMTP”, this is not true. Yes, it might be hard to get it started and very easy to get blacklisted, but if you do it right, you can achieve it and many people have. The reason why I’m a little bit mad is because, Ghost seem to be a great solution, but that you haven’t added a trivial “SMTP” - setup for bulk emails because “it’s best for you” is just weird. I’m not asking for other services, I’m asking to use my own relay which has good rep. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.ghost.org/t/there-is-absolutely-no-reason-to-only-support-mailgun/38147)._