# SMTP2GO

7 Hacker News commenters recommended SMTP2GO and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a free SMTP relay for sending mail from your own domain, with good deliverability at low volumes.

## Why people recommend it

- Free tier covers small setups (3 comments): "$0 for up to 1000 emails/month. If you run your personal mail on this and not automated notifications it's basically free, but how many spam lists are this kind of services on?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961420)) "SMTP2GO was the only one I found that had decent deliverability at a free/low cost for low volumes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749767)) "their free tier completely covers small setups" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961576))
- Good deliverability for low volume (3 comments): "SMTP2GO was the only one I found that had decent deliverability at a free/low cost for low volumes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749767)) "apparently they do work on having a good reputation and allow you to add them as a smart host" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961977)) "smtp2go for sending which handles the deliverability issue" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48097374))
- Sends outbound mail as own domain (2 comments): "I use it for outgoing SMTP from my gmail agent, identified as coming from me@mydomain.com" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961666)) "Now I use smtp2go for relaying outbound mail, but still handle all inbound mail." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111611))
- Works as smart host (2 comments): "apparently they do work on having a good reputation and allow you to add them as a smart host" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961977)) "I use it for outgoing SMTP from my gmail agent, identified as coming from me@mydomain.com" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49961666))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cloudflare Email Service](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-email-service.md): 27 recommend
- [Amazon SES](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-ses.md): 19 recommend
- [Postmark](https://hackerapproved.com/p/postmark.md): 9 recommend
- [AWS SES](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aws-ses.md): 8 recommend
- [Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-simple-email-service.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.smtp2go.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SMTP2GO", https://hackerapproved.com/p/smtp2go/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).