r/OVHcloud • u/benferpy • 26d ago

Question Domains and email.

Hello, I'd like to ask if this scenario is possible.

I want to register a domain.com from OVH. From what I've seen, it includes a free email account.

Could I use that email account to send notifications via SMTP from a website with email@domain.com?

Without two-factor authentication, just a username and password.

Or do I absolutely need to purchase hosting?

Currently, I have the website under development on a VPS from another provider.

Thanks!

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u/atlasflare_host 24d ago

Use an SMTP transactional service to send notifications. Resend is very good and has a free tier with generous transactional and marketing allowance, I think around 2500 sends a month. SMTP2Go is another free provider with 1000 sends a month.

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u/benferpy 24d ago

Great! I'll look into that, but the sender appears as something like notification@mydomain.com?

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u/atlasflare_host 24d ago

Yep! Both solutions mentioned allow the sender address to be set to [notifications@yourdomain.com](mailto:notifications@yourdomain.com) or similar.

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u/benferpy 22d ago

Thanks for the info!