# Discourse doesn't send activation mail to admin user
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [November 26, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764 "2018-11-26T12:13:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@ajibukunoluwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajibukunoluwa)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764/1 "2018-11-26T12:13:50Z")
Hi,
Discourse doesn’t send activation mail to the admin user, but sends the test mail whenever i run `./discourse-doctor` , and also delivers mail whenever i try to signup as a normal user.
I use mail gun, and have also checked the error log using `tail shared/standalone/log/rails/production.log ` everything seems to work fine.
i would appreciate a way out of this issue
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764/2 "2018-11-26T13:09:56Z")
What mail provider is that admin using?
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### Author:  [@ajibukunoluwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajibukunoluwa)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764/3 "2018-11-26T13:17:38Z")
The admin email uses amazon SES,
Kindly note that `./discourse-doctor` delivers test mail to the said email address.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764/4 "2018-11-26T13:42:00Z")
Is SES on a different domain to the mailgun domain used for outbound email?
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### Author:  [@ajibukunoluwa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ajibukunoluwa)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764/5 "2018-11-26T13:43:57Z")
Yes they are on different domains. Two different domains, and different servers
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764/6 "2018-11-26T13:47:07Z")
Have you looked at mailgun logs to check delivery to SES for the admin user? And the equivalent log at SES? Are you also hosting the SES domain on your mailgun account?
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-doesnt-send-activation-mail-to-admin-user/102764/7 "2018-12-26T13:47:17Z")
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