# How to get Discourse to work with Postfix

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-discourse-to-work-with-postfix/160602>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [August 12, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-discourse-to-work-with-postfix/160602 "2020-08-12T09:13:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mevo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mevo/32/187732_2.png) [@Mevo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mevo)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-discourse-to-work-with-postfix/160602/12 "2020-08-12T15:52:12Z")

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You mentioned you have Discourse installed without Docker. Would it possible for you to do a fresh new install the “classic” way (with docker) by entering the email you created during this new install ? Or you can’t run docker on the machine you’re using ?

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