# Discourse on DigitalOcean with SMTP server on HostGator

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-digitalocean-with-smtp-server-on-hostgator/287615>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [December 5, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-digitalocean-with-smtp-server-on-hostgator/287615 "2023-12-05T18:25:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-digitalocean-with-smtp-server-on-hostgator/287615/2 "2023-12-05T18:34:09Z")

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How is Hostgator not a third party service? 🤔

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