# Setting up discourse on my own
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134 "2017-02-08T17:23:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_Ralph1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Ralph1)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/1 "2017-02-08T17:23:11Z")
Hi on Saturday I will be setting up discourse on my own through OceanDrop. I need some advice on setting it up. Also how do I create a mail server.
(I have looked through the tutorials and still have no clue)
Thanks Thomas
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/2 "2017-02-08T17:25:09Z")
Follow the official guides. If you can’t follow the guides, pay someone to set it up for you, which is also linked in the official guide.
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_Ralph1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Ralph1)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/3 "2017-02-08T17:27:08Z")
Do you have a link for these guidelines?
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/4 "2017-02-08T17:30:32Z")
> **[Install Discourse in Under 30 Minutes](https://blog.discourse.org/2014/04/install-discourse-in-under-30-minutes/)**
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> A few key things came together recently:
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_Ralph1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Ralph1)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/5 "2017-02-08T17:31:36Z")
How do I set up the mail server, do I have to use mailgun as it doesn’t work !
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/6 "2017-02-08T17:34:15Z")
> [@Thomas\_Ralph1](#):
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> do I have to use mailgun as it doesn’t work !
You would have to explain things in more detail than “it doesn’t work”, but you are also encouraged to use any of the other providers listed at
[discourse/docs/INSTALL-email.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-email.md)
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_Ralph1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_Ralph1)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/7 "2017-02-08T17:35:09Z")
Like it won’t send the emails for my admin account
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/8 "2017-02-08T17:35:39Z")
Follow the email troubleshooting guides linked. This topic is closed.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [8 בפברואר, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse-on-my-own/57134/9 "2017-02-08T17:35:41Z")