# Test emails sent but

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-emails-sent-but/145781
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 27, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-emails-sent-but/145781 "2020-03-27T07:14:10Z")
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### Author: ![Lona\_Lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lona_lee/32/169072_2.png) [@Lona\_Lee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lona_Lee)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-emails-sent-but/145781/1 "2020-03-27T07:14:10Z")

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Hello.  
I’m trying to get email setup working on my discourse instance.  
Done set-up properly and looks fine(no errors),  
so sent test emails. (logs confirmed : “Admin” - “Emails” - “Sent”)  
However, I haven’t received test emails.  
Where should I look at to get this problem solved?

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### Author: ![rishabh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rishabh/32/179446_2.png) [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-emails-sent-but/145781/2 "2020-03-27T07:19:00Z")

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Have a look at [Troubleshoot email on a new Discourse install - #2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326/2) 🔍

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### Author: ![Lona\_Lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lona_lee/32/169072_2.png) [@Lona\_Lee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lona_Lee)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-emails-sent-but/145781/3 "2020-03-30T01:14:34Z")

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I’m wondering if the setting below should be dealt with my email server?

> ## Did you properly set up DKIM and SPF records for your domain?
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> You must [enter those crucial DNS records for DKIM and SPF](http://help.mandrill.com/entries/21751322-What-are-SPF-and-DKIM-and-do-I-need-to-set-them-up-), otherwise your emails may arrive only sporadically, if at all.

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-emails-sent-but/145781/4 "2020-03-30T02:52:29Z")

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Those aren’t mail server settings, they relate to things you can add to DNS.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-emails-sent-but/145781/5 "2020-04-29T02:52:31Z")

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