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7/16/2026
Fixing SMTP Email Delivery Failures on Render Deployments

Fixing SMTP Email Delivery Failures on Render Deployments

Original: How to Fix Email Not Working on Render (SMTP Blocked) 🚀

Short summary

Render blocks outbound SMTP connections, causing email failures in deployed apps. The author diagnosed ETIMEDOUT and ECONNREFUSED errors, confirmed the issue was environmental rather than code-related, and solved it by moving email-sending functionality to Google Cloud. Alternatives include using email APIs or hosting the email service elsewhere.

  • •Render restricts outbound SMTP, breaking email delivery in production
  • •Diagnosis: works locally, fails on deploy — check logs for ETIMEDOUT/ECONNREFUSED
  • •Fix: delegate email sending to Google Cloud or use an email API instead of SMTP

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