# Email sending and mailbox limits

> How many emails you can send per hour, how much mail your mailboxes can hold, and what to do if you need more.

Source: https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/guides/email-sending-and-mailbox-limits/

To keep our mail servers fast and trusted by Gmail, Outlook and other providers, Ruachost hosting has a few email limits.

## Sending limit: 200 emails per hour

You can send up to **200 emails per hour**.

Each recipient counts as one email. A single message sent to 10 people uses 10 of your 200. This includes email sent from webmail, from email apps like Outlook, and from your website (contact forms, order confirmations and WordPress notifications).

If you reach the limit, new messages wait and are sent once the hour has passed. You may see an error saying your domain has exceeded the maximum emails allowed per hour.

## Mailbox size: your plan's disk space

There's no separate limit on how much mail a mailbox can hold. Your email shares your hosting plan's disk space with your website files and databases.

You can still set a limit on each mailbox, so one account can't fill your whole plan:

1. In cPanel, open **Email Accounts**.
2. Click **Manage** next to the account.
3. Under **Allocated Storage Space**, enter a limit or choose **Unlimited** (up to your plan's space).
4. Click **Update Email Settings**.

When a mailbox or your plan runs out of space, new messages bounce back to the sender. See [Exceeding mailbox storage quotas](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/cpanel-email/exceeding-mailbox-storage-quotas/) to fix it.

## Other limits to know

- **Too many failed messages:** if many of your messages can't be delivered in an hour, sending is paused for a while. See [Fixing the "max defers and failures" error](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/cpanel-email/fixing-the-max-defers-and-failures-error/).
- **New senders may be delayed:** greylisting can hold the first email from a new sender for a few minutes. See [Greylisting in cPanel](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/cpanel-email/greylisting-in-cpanel/).

## Need to send more?

Newsletters and bulk mail shouldn't go through your hosting email. Large mailings can hit the hourly limit and harm your domain's reputation. Use a newsletter service, or talk to our [sales team](https://dashboard.ruachost.com/submitticket.php) about **Ruachost SMTP** for high-volume sending.

## Related articles

- [Sending website email with SMTP](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/guides/sending-website-email-with-smtp/)
- [Fixing Gmail's "couldn't verify" warning (SPF, DKIM and DMARC)](https://helpcenter.ruachost.com/email/guides/gmail-couldnt-verify-domain/)