# 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, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-local-email-server-sendmail-for-outgoing-emails/381354/8 "2025-09-22T21:41:15Z")

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Yes! It is challenging and interesting, for sure. I’ve been through my own adventures installing all kinds of services and trying to run them myself, in a former life! 🙃

Happy to have you update this topic with your learnings for the benefit of intrepid future travelers, including yourself. But keep in mind that the #Support category is for supported installs, discourse core and official plugins and components.

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