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Getting 'relay access denied' from my SMTP provider

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Paul W. 184 days ago

Set up SMTP with our company's mail server and I'm getting “relay access denied” when trying to send a test email.

Margaret Turner Staff 184 days ago

That error means your mail server is rejecting the connection because it doesn't recognize SubsiMail's server as authorized to relay mail through it — this is usually an IP allowlist or authentication setting on your mail server's side rather than anything in SubsiMail. Double check: are you providing a username/password (not just host/port) in Settings > Sending? And if your mail server restricts relaying to specific IP ranges, you may need your IT team to allowlist the IP our server is connecting from.

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