# Guidance for Setting Up Discourse: Hetzner VDS + Namecheap Private Email SMTP

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-for-setting-up-discourse-hetzner-vds-namecheap-private-email-smtp/382532
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [September 13, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-for-setting-up-discourse-hetzner-vds-namecheap-private-email-smtp/382532 "2025-09-13T16:23:57Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-for-setting-up-discourse-hetzner-vds-namecheap-private-email-smtp/382532/9 "2025-09-13T23:46:07Z")

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> [@Can](#):
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> Email/SMTP: I’m considering using Namecheap Private Email. Will this SMTP service work smoothly during the Discourse setup?

I don’t think Namecheap Private Email is a transactional mail service, and hence may not be the best way to run it with Discourse. You should look at options like Brevo, MailGun or Amazon SES.

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