{"id":9102,"date":"2018-07-23T16:11:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2025-10-07T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:57:40","slug":"use-our-smtp-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/use-our-smtp-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply to use OUR own SMTP services and overcome Gmail&#8217;s limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GMass gives you the ability to <a href=\"http:\/\/gmass.co\/g\/unlimited\">send unlimited emails<\/a> by connecting a third-party SMTP service to your account. This allows you to effectively break <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/understanding-gmails-email-sending-limits\/\">Gmail&#8217;s sending limits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re sending strictly<strong>\u00a0opt-in email<\/strong>, you might be eligible to <strong>use one of GMass&#8217;s own SMTP servers<\/strong>, rather than setting up an SMTP service on your own.<\/p>\n<p><em>Important: This is different than our cold email sending server. You can find all the info you need for that server on our page about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/coldsmtp-cold-email-sending-server\/\">ColdSMTP<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are selective about who we let use our own SMTP servers, so please <strong>don\u2019t take offense if we deny your request<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: We require you to include an unsubscribe link and a physical address on all messages sent through GMass&#8217;s SMTP server.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\">To apply to use our SMTP service, <a href=\"\/g\/applysmtp\">please fill out this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/instant-smtp-approval\/\">instant approval system<\/a>, <strong>you&#8217;ll find out right away if you can continue sending your campaign through our server<\/strong>. (If you&#8217;re denied, our team will manually review your case.)<\/p>\n<p>If approved, your account will be linked to one of our SMTP services.<\/p>\n<p>We won\u2019t provide you with the username\/password, but behind the scenes, your account will be linked to the server. And you\u2019ll now see the choice to send either via the SMTP service or via Gmail in the <strong>GMass Settings box<\/strong> for your account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2004\" height=\"1380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified.png 2004w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified-1024x705.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified-768x529.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified-1536x1058.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified-24x17.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified-36x25.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/oursmtp-internal-tinified-48x33.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no extra fee if you qualify, but do note\u00a0that sending over SMTP is subject to usage-based billing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/upcoming-price-changes#smtp\">outlined here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GMass gives you the ability to send unlimited emails by connecting a third-party SMTP service to your account. 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