# Confusion about the email server before installing discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [2017 年 2 月 20 日午前 12:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644 "2017-02-20T00:27:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![ljpp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ljpp/32/96506_2.png) [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Post date:** [2017 年 2 月 20 日午前 6:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644/2 "2017-02-20T06:04:30Z")

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I did not quite follow what the actual issue is, but MailGun is easier to setup out of these two. They also have pretty good documentation. You need to add a couple of entries to your DNS records and they have to tool to verify that you got it right.

[https://help.mailgun.com/hc/en-us/articles/202052074-How-do-I-verify-my-domain-](https://help.mailgun.com/hc/en-us/articles/202052074-How-do-I-verify-my-domain-)

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