# Email Delivery Issues on Self-Hosted Discourse (SMTP Working but Emails Not Received)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-delivery-issues-on-self-hosted-discourse-smtp-working-but-emails-not-received/392923
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [7 januari 2026 om 21:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-delivery-issues-on-self-hosted-discourse-smtp-working-but-emails-not-received/392923 "2026-01-07T21:40:47Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [8 januari 2026 om 04:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-delivery-issues-on-self-hosted-discourse-smtp-working-but-emails-not-received/392923/4 "2026-01-08T04:39:42Z")

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You may want to check out the topic [Trouble sending mail via Namecheap Private Email (SMTP) on self-hosted Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-sending-mail-via-namecheap-private-email-smtp-on-self-hosted-discourse/380098).

TL;DR: Namecheap business email hosting isn’t intended as a transactional SMTP relay, and you can probably expect issues.

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