# Enabling reply\_by\_email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-reply-by-email/387229>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [October 31, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-reply-by-email/387229 "2025-10-31T06:30:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![HansHübner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hansh%C3%BCbner/32/527461_2.png) [@HansHübner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HansH%C3%BCbner)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enabling-reply-by-email/387229/3 "2025-10-31T07:38:05Z")

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> [@ToddZ](#):
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> That makes it sound like maybe you haven’t set up [POP3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-reply-by-email-with-pop3-polling/14003) or [mail-receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-direct-delivery-incoming-email-for-self-hosted-sites-with-mail-receiver/49487) before trying this. (You probably want mail-reciever.)

That is correct - I have set up neither but set up our Postfix mail server to forward emails to Discourse through its API. I’m not sure if that is a supported configuration, but I’d really like to avoid running another email server (mail-receiver) if I can.

I do not find the “Reply by email enabled” setting in my admin section:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/a/0/da007350aa60fb72e485da81afda133e522e0fa5.png)

Is it possible that my use of the rails console screwed up the admin settings?

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