---
title: How to enable SMTP for Elastic Metal servers
description: Learn how to enable SMTP for Scaleway Elastic Metal servers.
tags: enable smtp elastic-metal
dates:
  validation: 2025-08-19
  posted: 2022-05-04
---
import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'

import image from './assets/scaleway-enable-smtp.webp'


By default, the SMTP ports (25, 465, 587) for outgoing emails on your Elastic Metal server are closed and cannot be reached from our infrastructure.

If you want to send emails from your server, you can enable SMTP for each Availability Zone from the console.

<Requirements />
- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
- [Owner](/iam/concepts/#owner) status or [IAM permissions](/iam/concepts/#permission) allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
- An [installed Elastic Metal server](/elastic-metal/quickstart/#how-to-create-an-elastic-metal-server)
- [Verified your identity](/account/how-to/verify-identity/)

<Message type="tip">
  This guide explains how to enable SMTP on Elastic Metal servers. If you need to enable SMTP on other resources, refer to our documentation on [how to send emails from your Instance](/instances/how-to/send-emails-from-your-instance/) and [how to enable SMTP on Public Gateways](/public-gateways/how-to/configure-a-public-gateway/#how-to-enable-smtp).
</Message>

1. Click **Elastic Metal** in the **Bare Metal** section on the side menu of the [Scaleway console](https://console.scaleway.com).

2. Click the **General Settings** tab. The SMTP configuration displays.
   <Message type="important">
      You must [verify your identity](/account/how-to/verify-identity/) before you can enable the SMTP ports.
   </Message>
3. Toggle the switch to **ON** beside each Availability Zone for which you want to enable SMTP.
   <Lightbox image={image} alt="Enable SMTP in Scaleway console" />
   <Message type="note">
      If SMTP is not available for a specific Availability Zone, the zone will be greyed out.
   </Message>