# Can domain name of discourse hosting and sending emails be different?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-domain-name-of-discourse-hosting-and-sending-emails-be-different/62800>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [16. Mai 2017 um 13:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-domain-name-of-discourse-hosting-and-sending-emails-be-different/62800 "2017-05-16T13:30:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhinav\_Singh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/abhinav_singh/32/121012_2.png) [@Abhinav\_Singh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abhinav_Singh)\
**Post date:** [16. Mai 2017 um 13:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-domain-name-of-discourse-hosting-and-sending-emails-be-different/62800/1 "2017-05-16T13:30:06Z")

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Hi,

I’m configuring emails for my discourse hosting. Discourse is hosted at [discuss.xxxx.com](http://discuss.xxxx.com).

I read in the documentation that for emails to work properly, we must verify and use the subdomain, e.g. [discourse.example.com](http://discourse.example.com). So in my case sending domain must be [discuss.xxxx.com](http://discuss.xxxx.com)

I’m using SendGrid to send emails and in SendGrid white label domains can not have the same name as one of the subdomains in DNS. So I’ll not be able to have [discuss.xxxx.com](http://discuss.xxxx.com) as my verified sending domain.

I’m curious, can I set sending domain different than the discourse domain? I would prefer to set sending domain as [forum@xxxx.com](mailto:forum@xxxx.com) or [forum.xxxx.com](http://forum.xxxx.com) ..what can be implications of this?

Looking forward to hear your views on this

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