# Question About Mail accounts

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/question-about-mail-accounts/54233>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [November 12, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/question-about-mail-accounts/54233 "2021-11-12T07:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/question-about-mail-accounts/54233/2 "2021-11-12T07:51:29Z")

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IF is for web hosting, not email hosting.  
You can use gmail smtp. More info below

> [@How to send email with Gmail SMTP](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-send-email-with-gmail-smtp/49239):
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> Outgoing email with PHP mail() is heavily restricted on InfinityFree. Fortunately, you can still whatever email you want using an external email service. There are many external email providers to choose from. InfinityFree doesn’t restrict sending email with external providers. Almost all of them have paid plans, but some have free tiers too. Most of them support sending email over SMTP, some of them have custom APIs, libraries and plugins which you can use too. A simple way to get started qui…

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