# Sending email in plain text

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/sending-email-in-plain-text/5295>\
**Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\
**Created:** [May 31, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/sending-email-in-plain-text/5295 "2022-05-31T13:13:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zuhairamahdi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/zuhairamahdi/32/2713_2.png) [@zuhairamahdi](https://forum.gitea.com/u/zuhairamahdi)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/sending-email-in-plain-text/5295/1 "2022-05-31T13:13:43Z")

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hi all,

I’m upgraded to gitea 1.16.6 which made all the email to fail in sending and getting the following:

```auto
gomail: could not send email 1: NewClient: tls: first record does not look like a TLS handshake

```

this is the configuration we are using:

```auto
[mailer]
ENABLED = true
SKIP_VERIFY = true
MAILER_TYPE = smtp
SEND_AS_PLAIN_TEXT = true
SKIP_VERIFY = true
IS_TLS_ENABLED = true
HOST = 10.0.55.40:25
FROM = git@git.<mydomain>.net
USER = 
PASSWD = 

```

note that gitea is used only internally

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**Author:** ![lunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.gitea.com/lunny/32/4701_2.png) [@lunny](https://forum.gitea.com/u/lunny)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/sending-email-in-plain-text/5295/2 "2022-06-06T11:23:38Z")

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How about upgrade to v1.16.8?