# Mautic Can't Send Email with SendGrid API; Need Help with Cron Jobs

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-cant-send-email-with-sendgrid-api-need-help-with-cron-jobs/14902>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-cant-send-email-with-sendgrid-api-need-help-with-cron-jobs/14902 "2020-06-22T10:34:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-cant-send-email-with-sendgrid-api-need-help-with-cron-jobs/14902/1 "2020-06-22T10:34:26Z")

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My Mautic version is: 2.12.0  
My PHP version is: 7.1.30

I am using sendgrid API for sending emails. But, Mautic is not sending email due to some limitation from Sendgrid.

I want to send 50K emails day and 3 emails a week

**Here is the log file status from mautic**

[2020-06-03 20:05:02] mautic.ERROR: SendGrid response: 400 {“response”:"[object] (SendGrid\Response: {})"}

[2020-06-03 20:05:02] mautic.ERROR: [MAIL ERROR] Substitutions are limited to 10000 bytes per personalization block. (send); **Email Addresses Removed** {“exception”:"[object] (Swift\_TransportException(code: 0): Substitutions are limited to 10000 bytes per personalization block. at /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/app/bundles/EmailBundle/Swiftmailer/SendGrid/SendGridApiFacade.php:61)"}

[2020-06-03 20:05:02] mautic.ERROR: SendGrid response: 400 {“response”:"[object] (SendGrid\Response: {})"}

[2020-06-03 20:05:02] mautic.ERROR: [MAIL ERROR] Substitutions are limited to 10000 bytes per personalization block. (send); {“exception”:"[object] (Swift\_TransportException(code: 0): Substitutions are limited to 10000 bytes per personalization block. at /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/app/bundles/EmailBundle/Swiftmailer/SendGrid/SendGridApiFacade.php:61)"}

[2020-06-03 20:22:22] mautic.NOTICE: Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\RuntimeException: The “–force” option does not exist. (uncaught exception) at /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php line 217 while running console command `mautic:email:fetch`

[2020-06-03 20:22:37] mautic.NOTICE: Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\RuntimeException: Too many arguments, expected arguments “command”. (uncaught exception) at /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php line 182 while running console command `mautic:email:fetch`

**These are the cron jobs**

10-59/20 \* \* \* \* su daemon -s /bin/sh -c “/opt/bitnami/php/bin/php -q /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/app/console mautic:segments:update”  
5-59/20 \* \* \* \* su daemon -s /bin/sh -c “/opt/bitnami/php/bin/php -q /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/app/console mautic:campaigns:update”  
10,25,40,55 \* \* \* \* su daemon -s /bin/sh -c “/opt/bitnami/php/bin/php -q /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/app/console mautic:campaigns:trigger”  
15-59/20 \* \* \* \* su daemon -s /bin/sh -c “/opt/bitnami/php/bin/php -q /opt/bitnami/apps/mautic/htdocs/app/console mautic:campaigns:rebuild”

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**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-cant-send-email-with-sendgrid-api-need-help-with-cron-jobs/14902/2 "2020-06-22T11:32:59Z")

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2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Email Sending Error: Substitutions are limited to 10000 bytes per personalization block](https://forum.mautic.org/t/email-sending-error-substitutions-are-limited-to-10000-bytes-per-personalization-block/12036)

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**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/mautic-cant-send-email-with-sendgrid-api-need-help-with-cron-jobs/14902/3 "2020-06-22T11:33:00Z")

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