# Confusing email documentation **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-email-documentation/328774 **Category:** Self-hosting **Tags:** email **Created:** [October 1, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-email-documentation/328774 "2024-10-01T03:06:45Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8
### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly) #### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-email-documentation/328774/8 "2024-10-03T05:26:31Z")
Hi @Aroldo_Barroso 👋 I’m sorry you’re having trouble finding the information you need to setup email. Most of the installation and set up information you are looking for can be found in the #Documentation category. Maybe have a look at these topics: > [@Troubleshoot email on a new Discourse install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326?silent=true): > > You just installed Discourse via [the install guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md), but email doesn’t seem to work. Unfortunately this means you can’t log in as an admin to finalize the install. cry Let’s troubleshootize! Try the doctor woman_health_workerIf you run ./discourse-doctor it will check several ways that your mail configuration might be broken, and offer advice. Try that first. Did you enter email settings correctly? The simplest way is to run ./discourse-setup again. Did you enter everything correctly? B… > [@Email delivery configuration checklist](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-delivery-configuration-checklist/209839?silent=true): > > Email deliverability is complicated. Here are a few important things you should check first: Be sure to set the DISCOURSE\_NOTIFICATION\_EMAIL: correctly in your app.yml file. The domain specified in the “from” address of the emails you send is the domain your email will be validated against. Know how to view the raw source of the email in your mail client, so you can examine email headers for important clues. In Gmail, it is the “show original” option in the drop-down menu at the top right … --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusing-email-documentation/328774)._