Hi, what is the correct config to use a custom (mailcow) mailserver? I can only find docs for SaaS mail providers, but I have my own mailserver so why should I use them? You need a “service” key there, but i cannot find documentation about possible values.

I think this might answer your second question: [image] Why do I have to set up Mailgun for newsletters? Sending bulk email to many recipients using SMTP is not supported. In order to send newsletters from Ghost you'll need to setup Bulk Mail with Mailgun.

While Mailgun is preferable, in my experimentation in fixing an email problem, I tried just about every mail config setting possible. I’ve found that removing the service config option and just including the SMTP server host and port, you can use it for transactional email. It won’t allow you to sen…

Use a custom SMTP Mailserver

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Stromfeldt July 13, 2020, 10:52am 2

I think this might answer your second question:

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[SOLVED] Self-hosted, use Namecheap (Private Email) SMTP

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Use a custom SMTP Mailserver

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