# Free SMTP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Created:** [October 7, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119 "2016-10-07T08:33:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marcelopimenta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@marcelopimenta](https://forum.mautic.org/u/marcelopimenta)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/1 "2016-10-07T08:33:05Z")
Hi there, Please, I’m new to Mautic. So do I have the option of free SMTP to send around 100.000 emails / month? Or do I have to pay for something like sendgrid, etc? Thanks, Marcelo ---
**Author:** ![marcelopimenta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@marcelopimenta](https://forum.mautic.org/u/marcelopimenta)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/2 "2016-10-07T08:33:05Z")
Hi there, Please, I’m new to Mautic. So do I have the option of free SMTP to send around 100.000 emails / month? Or do I have to pay for something like sendgrid, etc? Thanks, Marcelo ---
**Author:** ![ninjoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ninjoan/32/1005_2.png) [@ninjoan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ninjoan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/3 "2016-10-07T14:52:18Z")
Amazon SES, Sendgrid offer a free tier version. ---
**Author:** ![Paulogon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bb73d2/32.png) [@Paulogon](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Paulogon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/4 "2016-10-09T15:29:10Z")
You can use Sparkpost to send 100K a month [https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing/](https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing/) ---
**Author:** ![alkhaban](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@alkhaban](https://forum.mautic.org/u/alkhaban)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/5 "2017-04-29T19:39:54Z")
how can i configure sparkpost … i can not send test email ---
**Author:** ![JoPitts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/jopitts/32/636_2.png) [@JoPitts](https://forum.mautic.org/u/JoPitts)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/6 "2017-05-01T02:56:20Z")
@alkhaban, send a screenshot of your SMTP server configuration, and any error message you are getting. ---
**Author:** ![chris0928](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/chris0928/32/118_2.png) [@chris0928](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chris0928)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/7 "2017-05-31T17:01:57Z")
Wanted to mention that I’ve put together a basic guide for setting up SparkPost + Mautic: [https://innotiom.com/mautic-sparkpost-setup/](https://innotiom.com/mautic-sparkpost-setup/) Using API rather than SMTP in Mautic ---
**Author:** ![3lias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/41988e/32.png) [@3lias](https://forum.mautic.org/u/3lias)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/8 "2017-09-21T13:50:22Z")
@chris0928 I have followed your guide but still have some issues. Would you mind to have a look at [https://www.mautic.org/community/index.php//8464-mautic-is-not-processing-bounce-webhook-from-sparkpost](https://www.mautic.org/community/index.php//8464-mautic-is-not-processing-bounce-webhook-from-sparkpost) Cheers ---
**Author:** ![fususu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/fususu/32/215_2.png) [@fususu](https://forum.mautic.org/u/fususu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/9 "2017-10-01T08:11:57Z")
I’m using Elasticemail for years. It allows me sending 5000 mail/day for free. So I’ll get 150000 free mail/month. The price for each extra 1000 email is 0.09$. You can [create a free account here.](https://elasticemail.com/account#/create-account?r=d472b995-a902-4682-83ca-44daf1b4e341) ---
**Author:** ![ninjoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ninjoan/32/1005_2.png) [@ninjoan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ninjoan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/free-smtp/6119/10 "2017-10-02T12:37:17Z")
im very happy with Sparkpost