# 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 21 日午後 6:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644/4 "2017-02-21T18:24:05Z")

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MailGun is a mail server. You create a domain there, and use the username & password in the Discourse setup procedure.

You do not need to install a mail server on your host. Just follow the Discourse installation instructions to the letter.

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