# 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:** 7
### Author: ![Justinvolved](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justinvolved/32/246076_2.png) [@Justinvolved](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justinvolved) #### Post date: [February 9, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-e-mail-not-received/217636/7 "2022-02-09T18:56:19Z")
Hi Gavin, I do not use pop3 but the incoming e-mail server as described here: [Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-delivery-incoming-email-for-self-hosted-sites/49487) Regarding your 3 steps: 1 there is no mailbox so I cannot login to it, the mail should be directly picked up by the service in the additional container right? 2 is set manual polling (instead of pop3) 3 not sure i quite understand this step Thanks, Justin --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incoming-e-mail-not-received/217636)._