# Confusion about the email server before installing discourse **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [20. Februar 2017 um 00:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644 "2017-02-20T00:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![mercadocapote](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mercadocapote/32/179290_2.png) [@mercadocapote](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mercadocapote)\ **Post date:** [20. Februar 2017 um 00:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644/1 "2017-02-20T00:27:58Z")
Hello Discourse Community, I have been trying to set up discourse and so far I have been unable to do so. I am not a computer person. I tried using _Mailgun_ AND _Sparkpost_. I have been unable to verify my sending domains. Are there links and instructions i could follow as my search in the forums has been inconclusive. I install discourse properly all the way but I wasn’t able to send my first email to confirm my admin email. I have deleted the droplet and started again several times. My domain is in _Google Domains_, and I do not currently have a host but wanted to use _Digital Ocean_. I think that once I get the email server up and running I can absolutely install it as its not a big deal to me. I am just unable to get the email server up and running. In order to access the Google Admin account I need to use _G-Suite_? I tried using _G-Suite_ as it gives me an email but I am unsure if this is what I needed to do. I suspect the problem lies with properly connecting the Google Domains DNS to the Sparkpost/Mailgun server. Furthermore I couldnt confirm my sending domain so it has to be this right? At this point I am unsure what needs to be done since I have done some many different things. Can someone ELi5 this whole process? I have undone everything thus far to be able to start again from scratch to make sure that i do not miss any steps. 😃 thank you for your time to help out a noob. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644)._