why i am not able to find the “Set the mailgun api key setting.” in my discourse forum settings ? running 3.6.0.beta2-latest @Wolftallemo
That’s because it isn’t one. Where did you see that?
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Hi @NateDhaliwal , I mean discourse admin settings not plugin , on my other forum hosted with discourse.org they have that setting also this plugin has mentioned to add the API if you check the github about
Interesting. It’s a site setting, from what I can see.
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So the forum where you miss the setting is hosted by Discourse?
I think the Discourse team can help you better with the configuration of a site hosted by them. They know which settings they hide from customers and why and are able to change the hidden settings if needed. I don’t think the community support is much help here.
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Hi @pinder99! I moved your post and replies to a new topic. Please start new topics to ask new questions, if you don’t find the answer in the forum. Also it is not usually necessary to @ mention specific members in their topics - they will be notified of replies.
This setting is only relevant for self-hosted sites. Email is completely taken care of for you on discourse.org hosting.
what are the options for self hosted sites without the mailgun api setting ?
If you are self hosted then you should see it in your site settings. What happens on your site if you search for mailgun? I see this on my self hosted site:
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I have one discourse hosted forum where this site setting is available and one self hosted forum where this is hidden or not available
I was not posting spam or violating guidelines—just seeking clarification on a legitimate configuration change with self hosted & discourse hosted env
hmmm, i think you have this mixed up:
my self-hosted site shows the mailgun_api_key setting in site settings:
however, it does not exist in my hosted site settings:
i even checked your Discourse-hosted site and as expected, it also does not exist there 
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@pinder99 did Lilly interpret your situation correctly? If not, let us know.
Otherwise I am going to delete this topic because it seems to just be a case of human error in this case. No big deal! Discourse is a big place and everyone gets a little lost in it from time to time. 
Hi, Still waiting for a solution , i have many forums on which mailgun_api_key is avaiable and some dont have it regardless of there hosting ( some are on discourse hosting and some are self host)
for my one self host forum i dont have it and for my one discourse hosting forum i have it
So even some Discourse forums on Discourse.org hosting have the setting?
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Yes , i have one discourse hosted forum where i can see the same setting
Is it possible that you’ve added that setting as an environment variable in your app.yml for those self-hosted sites where you can’t see it in the admin settings? I think setting it there would hide it from the UI.
For the Discourse hosted site you can see it on you may need to share the site address with the @team so they can give it a check over. From what I can tell, I think it should be hidden for all plans.
(Possibly also worth checking you mean CDCK Discourse hosting rather than eg. Communiteq. I’m not sure what settings they hide on their hosting)
@pinder99 is this your Discourse hosted site? because clearly there is no mailgun setting there.
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Hi lily , this is my forum but not the one with mailgun setting ( this is why confusion- let me share other one hosted with discourse.org and have the setting available )
thank you for sharing the site in question via pm. however there is some confusion here - the site you refer to with the mailgun key is hosted by @Communiteq. I’m sure they will be able to help you with it.
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@pinder99 can you please share your forum URL with me or contact support@communiteq.com ?
That said, just like with discourse.org, our forums come with email included, you don’t have or need Mailgun.
Re-reading this topic, if I understand correctly your problem is not with the site hosted with us, but about a self-hosted site, and you were just referring to the hosted site to point out the difference?
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Hi @RGJ ,
Actually i am working on a self-hosted Discourse setup, and I only mentioned my Communiteq hosted forum as an example because it has the setting “ mailgun api key” which i need on the self host forum
My requirement is different:
I need to integrate Mailgun directly on my own server, and I’m trying to use this plugin:
https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mailgun-routes/210609/2?tl=en
For this, I need to know how to properly add and configure the “Mailgun API key” within a self-hosted Discourse installation. If you have any guidance or steps on how to set this up, it would be very helpful.