# 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: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-local-email-server-sendmail-for-outgoing-emails/381354/6 "2025-09-22T21:12:54Z")

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I am moving this topic to #installation:hosting. We don’t recommend trying to host your own email server, as you know if you read the [official install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) instructions. Email is hard!

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