# Incoming e-mail not received

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-e-mail-not-received/217636
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-e-mail-not-received/217636 "2022-02-09T09:48:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-e-mail-not-received/217636/3 "2022-02-09T14:32:28Z")

</div>

I think the mail-receiver needs manual polling rather than pop3:

> [@Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-direct-delivery-incoming-email-for-self-hosted-sites-with-mail-receiver/49487/1):
>
> Enable the “manual polling” setting, rather than “pop3 polling”

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-e-mail-not-received/217636)._