# Extending SMTP timeout

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 16, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-smtp-timeout/239228 "2022-09-16T17:30:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extending-smtp-timeout/239228/7 "2022-11-02T21:27:04Z")

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> [@alldritt](#):
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> but that requires that I reconfigure the mail provider for my entire domain which is a task I would like to avoid.

What are you basing the above statement on? You can only really receive mail against one set of infra per domain/subdomain, but several services can relay email on its behalf.

Alternatively you could also spin up a new subdomain dedicated to your instance, which doesn’t even require a rebuild to configure.

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