Title: Native GMail support
Last modified: September 30, 2025

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# Native GMail support

 *  Resolved [adamnz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamnz/)
 * (@adamnz)
 * [6 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/native-gmail-support/)
 * I’ve been a keen Newsletter plugin user for many years – and have been very happy
   with it.
 * *However* it only came to my attention a month or two ago that Gmail subscribers
   were not receiving the send-outs. There was just no way of knowing. So … I ended
   up trying to use an external SMTP gateway (Mailersend) – but that was simply 
   too difficult to get working properly: all sorts of limit restrictions etc. and
   instructions that barely made sense.
 * In the end, I had to persuade my clients to use (and pay for) Mailchimp – which
   sends to Gmail with no problems.
 * As far as I can make out (and I’m no expert), the Gmail servers require some 
   additional headers – which the Newsletter plugin does not add.
 * My question is: Will these headers ever be implemented? If not, then I’m afraid
   I’m going to have to call it a day with this plugin – after many years of loyal
   support.
 * Gmail accounts for a large proportion of email these days, so I’d have thought
   native compatibility would be quite a high priority.
 * Any chance?
    -  This topic was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by [adamnz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamnz/).

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 *  Plugin Support [Michael Travan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michael-travan/)
 * (@michael-travan)
 * [6 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/native-gmail-support/#post-18661957)
 * Hello [@adamnz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamnz/),
 * first of all thanks for being such a long time user. We do really appreciate 
   that.
 * About your issue: first thing we need to understand here is that, unlike Mailchimp,
   Newsletter relies on your own server (or the one you specify through an Smtp 
   addon or one of our dedicated integrations) to send out newsletters. If you use
   an external server, it is usually properly configured to comply with Gmail requests,
   but also in that case you’d need to check some configurations on your own domain.
   If you use your own server it may need further set up in order to be able to 
   send newsletters succesfully and even in that case you might encounter some other
   problems, like blacklisted servers, sending limits and so on. So generally speaking,
   a good initial check up is always required.
 * That’s why in Newsletter we added a Help panel where you can check some indicatons
   whether your server will be able to send out emails reliably or not. In particular,
   the Help > Sending panel contains a Test email tool which you can use to test
   delivery (on Gmail accounts as well). So first of all, to help you on this topic
   I’d need you to try and perform a test send towards a Gmail address there. Then
   please report back to me and we’ll take it from there.
 * Thanks,
 * Michael

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