# How to set an hourly sending limit

**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-an-hourly-sending-limit/3980
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [May 25, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-an-hourly-sending-limit/3980 "2016-05-25T14:28:15Z")
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### Author: ![peterpan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@peterpan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/peterpan)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-an-hourly-sending-limit/3980/1 "2016-05-25T14:28:15Z")

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Hello all,  
  
  
  
My hosting provider has a 200 emails per hour limitation; I tried sending out 200 mails by filling in 200 in the send box, but apparently this doesn’t mean it is sending out 200 per timeframe. How can I limit the amount of emails it sends out per hour?  
  
  
  
Thanks!

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### Author: ![peterpan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@peterpan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/peterpan)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-to-set-an-hourly-sending-limit/3980/2 "2016-05-25T14:28:15Z")

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Hello all,

My hosting provider has a 200 emails per hour limitation; I tried sending out 200 mails by filling in 200 in the send box, but apparently this doesn’t mean it is sending out 200 per timeframe. How can I limit the amount of emails it sends out per hour?

Thanks!