# Where do I put the variables for mail-receiver?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-i-put-the-variables-for-mail-receiver/283803
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** mail-receiver
**Created:** [November 10, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-i-put-the-variables-for-mail-receiver/283803 "2022-11-10T12:52:34Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-do-i-put-the-variables-for-mail-receiver/283803/2 "2022-11-10T13:54:31Z")

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> [@Bathinda](#):
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> Can you pls tell from where I can copy the above said variables of my site?

You need a third container as descibed below this:

> [@Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-direct-delivery-incoming-email-for-self-hosted-sites-with-mail-receiver/49487/1):
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> Now, go to your `/var/discourse` directory and create a new `mail-receiver.yml` container definition from the sample conveniently provided:

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