10 months ago
When I am using my personal Gmail username and password for SMTP configuration and sending emails from my Railway deployed Go Server, it works perfectly, but when I am using my Google Workspace Email for the same purpose, it fails, I have been stuck at this for about 3 days now, I have checked all the available resources on Google Workspace side, I am not using Gmail Relay, the password being used is an App Password with Less Secure Apps turned ON.
I want to understand if there any restrictions on Railway's side ? If somebody has already implemented this, can you please guide me !
21 Replies
10 months ago
We have disabled SMTP for free, trial, and hobby, SMTP is only enabled for the pro plan and above.
@Brody Hi, i'm trying to use this when deploying on railway instead, which I think uses API rather than SMTP? Can you confirm whether I should expect this to work or not?
10 months ago
That uses an HTTPS API to send emails so that will work perfectly!
@Brody connection seems to be timing out when trying to send emails from railway but not when running locally. Any idea what could be causing this?
10 months ago
Please provide error logs.
data:
{ }
code:
"ETIMEDOUT"
command:
"CONN"
level:
"error"
timestamp:
"2025-08-27T14:41:05.280Z"```
10 months ago
I'm going to need more information. What is the host and port that the connection is timing out with?
Not providing a host and port for the email, just a API key to Brevo. The timeout is when sending an email using the linked package
10 months ago
Please provide the host and port that the connection is timing out with.
I'm not sure what you mean. The package doesn't require a host and port providing.
Is there a range of IP addresses I might need to permit in Brevo to allow requests from Railway?
10 months ago
Does Brevo have a whitelist?
ive just deactivated ip blocking and its still timing out. Let me have a look in the CMS for any other reasons
10 months ago
I'm facing similar situation, have an account from google workspace and app password, sending emails using nodemailer, suddenly I stop being able to do this, any recommended alternative to this? Why was blocked?
10 months ago
facing same issue
hiringmine-portal
facing same issue
10 months ago
even when you are PRO??? Or just upgrade your plan?
10 months ago
Subject: Nodemailer Connection Timeout on Railway
Hi Railway team,
My app is trying to send emails using Nodemailer with Gmail SMTP.
It works on localhost, but in production on Railway I get ETIMEDOUT errors when connecting to smtp.gmail.com:465 or 587.
Can you confirm if outbound SMTP ports are blocked on Railway?
If so, is there any way to allow SMTP connections for my project,
or must I switch to a provider like SendGrid / Postmark?
decine84
Subject: Nodemailer Connection Timeout on Railway Hi Railway team, My app is trying to send emails using Nodemailer with Gmail SMTP. It works on [localhost](http://localhost), but in production on Railway I get ETIMEDOUT errors when connecting to [smtp.gmail.com:465](http://smtp.gmail.com:465) or 587\. Can you confirm if outbound SMTP ports are blocked on Railway? If so, is there any way to allow SMTP connections for my project, or must I switch to a provider like SendGrid / Postmark?
10 months ago
https://discord.com/channels/713503345364697088/1408466368420118528
this is what I was told, I just switched over to the gmail api, its pretty much free
andremaytorena
<https://discord.com/channels/713503345364697088/1408466368420118528> this is what I was told, I just switched over to the gmail api, its pretty much free
10 months ago
I could not access it
decine84
I could not access it
10 months ago
"We block outbound SMTP."
andremaytorena
"We block outbound SMTP."
10 months ago
so what is the propose solution to it. I had to use email service on my app
decine84
so what is the propose solution to it. I had to use email service on my app
10 months ago
gmail has an api, I use that now
Status changed to Solved brody • 10 months ago