Sending Limits

Limit Type

Limit

Messages per day: Daily sending limit

2,000

Messages auto-forwarded: Messages automatically forwarded to another account, not included in the daily sending limit

10,000

Recipients per message: Addresses in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields of a single e-mail

2,000

Recipients per message sent via SMTP (by POP or IMAP clients): Addresses in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields of a single email. Includes email sent using smtp-relay.gmail.com or smtp.gmail.com

100

Total recipients per day: E-mail addresses (recipients) count each time a message is sent; 5 emails sent to 10 addresses count as 50 total recipients.

10,000

External recipients per day: E-mail addresses outside wingate.edu.

3,000

Unique recipients per day: Each email address (each unique recipient) counts only once per day:

  • 5 emails sent to 10 different addresses count as 10 unique recipients
  • 5 emails sent to a single address count as 1 unique recipient

3,000 (2,000 external)

What also counts towards a user's limits

  • Mail sent from your alternate address or alias
  • Mail an assistant sends on your behalf (if you delegate mail to an assistant)
  • Mail sent from Gmail’s vacation responder

Gmail sending limits for mobile devices

When you use the Gmail for mobile app in Google Sync mode, the same sending limits apply as when you use Gmail in a web browser (described in the table above).

When you use the Gmail for mobile app in IMAP mode, the IMAP sending limits (described in the table above) apply.