# Using gmail smpt in production

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gmail-smpt-in-production/148335>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 11, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gmail-smpt-in-production/148335 "2008-09-11T20:26:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-gmail-smpt-in-production/148335/1 "2008-09-11T20:26:48Z")

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I have an app that will be handling a lot of incoming e-mail. For dev  
purposes we’ve just been using gmail. This seems like a bad idea in  
production. Anyone using gmail in production that handles a fair amount  
of  
incoming email?

thx