# Installing Discourse via digitalocean on bluehost subdomain
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-via-digitalocean-on-bluehost-subdomain/121390
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-via-digitalocean-on-bluehost-subdomain/121390 "2019-06-26T12:20:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Paul\_Millerd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_Millerd)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-via-digitalocean-on-bluehost-subdomain/121390/1 "2019-06-26T12:20:14Z")
Hello,
I’ve successfully installed discourse on my subdomain, but cannot get the email settings to work. I have e-mail hosting through my bluehost as well, but have tried every combination of settings and cannot get it setup right.
I added an A name entry at [discuss.domain.com](http://discuss.domain.com) and it redirects to the login screen for discourse. However, when I send the verification e-mail nothing works.
I tried:
- changing the comment in app.yml to my email without the subdomain
- changing the login for smtp to [subdomain.site.com](http://subdomain.site.com) (but this didnt work)
- trying port 465 and 587
Is this possible to do using my mail setup through bluehost? Or do I need to create a new email and setup a full subdomain in bluehost instead of just a A name redirect?
My error:
Sent mail to EMAIL (60260.5ms)
Job exception: Net::ReadTimeout
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-via-digitalocean-on-bluehost-subdomain/121390/2 "2019-06-26T12:24:12Z")
It’s advisable to use a dedicated subdomain, and for the sake of simplicity I would recommend one of the mail providers in the email setup guide.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_Millerd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_Millerd)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-via-digitalocean-on-bluehost-subdomain/121390/3 "2019-06-26T14:41:38Z")
hmm do you have any advice on how to use mailjet with a subdomain?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-via-digitalocean-on-bluehost-subdomain/121390/4 "2019-06-26T15:09:11Z")
I would imagine that a significant proportion of their users do that. Their site should provide instructions.