# Login to local dev instance without e-Mail verification? **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-host\ **Tags:** clojure\ **Created:** [October 28, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/login-to-local-dev-instance-without-e-mail-verification/1929 "2022-10-28T17:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdittrich](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/jdittrich/32/100_2.png) [@jdittrich](https://community.penpot.app/u/jdittrich)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/login-to-local-dev-instance-without-e-mail-verification/1929/1 "2022-10-28T17:53:01Z")
**Usecase:** I would like to contribute to penpot development, mainly for frontend related issues. **Problem:** I got it running (it builds a quite a while!) but when I want to log in I need to register and get a confirmation mail, which, running locally, I do not recieve. **Question:** Is there a way to register on a local instance without a mail? ---
**Author:** ![jdittrich](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/jdittrich/32/100_2.png) [@jdittrich](https://community.penpot.app/u/jdittrich)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/login-to-local-dev-instance-without-e-mail-verification/1929/2 "2022-10-28T18:49:43Z")
Anwering my own question: This is solved via “Mail Catcher” which is [described in the documentation](https://help.penpot.app/technical-guide/developer/devenv/#email) as: > To test email sending, the devenv includes [MailCatcher](https://mailcatcher.me/), a SMTP server that is used for develop. It does not send any mail outbounds. Instead, it stores them in memory and allows to browse them via a web interface similar to a webmail client. Simply navigate to: > [http://localhost:1080](https://help.penpot.app/technical-guide/developer/devenv/)