# No received mails in new Discourse installation **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-received-mails-in-new-discourse-installation/135372 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [December 8, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-received-mails-in-new-discourse-installation/135372 "2019-12-08T00:28:04Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![BuddhistBookClub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/buddhistbookclub/32/163307_2.png) [@BuddhistBookClub](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BuddhistBookClub) #### Post date: [December 8, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-received-mails-in-new-discourse-installation/135372/2 "2019-12-08T10:34:34Z")
Why would you have received mails? If you haven’t allowed “Mail In” or “reply via email” and set up the polling (either POP3 or manual) then Discourse will not receive mail. It only sends mail (via mailgun if you’re using that). The instructions here: [Set up reply by email with POP3 polling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-reply-via-email-support/14003) Are very helpful for setting up reply by email. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-received-mails-in-new-discourse-installation/135372)._