# Can Discourse function without emails entirely?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 3, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-function-without-emails-entirely/368701 "2025-06-03T14:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![satonotdead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/satonotdead/32/447830_2.png) [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-function-without-emails-entirely/368701/9 "2025-06-06T03:13:13Z")

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So you need to host your own SMP server and take care about [their privacy issues](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/simplex-vs-cwtch-who-is-right/19256/112) and [IP leaks](https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/issues/5122).

You probably want to [read this](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41355781) and [this](https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/13u8e24/simplex_chat_private_and_secure_messenger_without/).

**If you want real privacy you need to keep away from clearnet.**

> [@satonotdead](#):
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> I’ll be the devil advocate for a while

_The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it’s illusion of knowledge._

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