# How to authenticate email domain for free discourse subdomain?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-authenticate-email-domain-for-free-discourse-subdomain/396346 "2026-02-18T02:23:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-authenticate-email-domain-for-free-discourse-subdomain/396346/4 "2026-02-18T03:22:27Z")

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> [@ComradeDog](#):
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> Is it possible to use my personal email address as the sender until I set up a new domain?

Depends on who is your personal email provider.

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