# Use local email server/sendmail for outgoing emails?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-local-email-server-sendmail-for-outgoing-emails/381354>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email, hosting\
**Created:** [September 2, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-local-email-server-sendmail-for-outgoing-emails/381354 "2025-09-02T18:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-local-email-server-sendmail-for-outgoing-emails/381354/4 "2025-09-02T21:31:08Z")

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It has been a while since I have gone this deep into micro managing sendmail. I have mailcow stack on one VM and Discourse on another. I don’t know if it will ever be worth digging that deep besides just for the fun of it.

I wish you all the best with your adventures, report back what you learned.

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