# Verification email not getting sent on self hosted instance

**URL:** <https://community.penpot.app/t/verification-email-not-getting-sent-on-self-hosted-instance/6038>\
**Category:** Self-host\
**Created:** [July 12, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/verification-email-not-getting-sent-on-self-hosted-instance/6038 "2024-07-12T15:28:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AhsanSarwar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/ahsansarwar/32/5648_2.png) [@AhsanSarwar](https://community.penpot.app/u/AhsanSarwar)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/verification-email-not-getting-sent-on-self-hosted-instance/6038/1 "2024-07-12T15:28:41Z")

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Hi, I’ve setup Penpot on a VPS using CapRover single click apps. Issue is, after I try creating an account, it says it has sent me a verification email, but I receive not such email. My configuration is the following:

```auto
PENPOT_PUBLIC_URI=
PENPOT_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false
PENPOT_SMTP_DEFAULT_FROM=REDACTED
PENPOT_SMTP_DEFAULT_REPLY_TO=REDACTED
PENPOT_SMTP_HOST=smtp.purelymail.com
PENPOT_SMTP_PORT=465
PENPOT_SMTP_USERNAME=REDACTED
PENPOT_SMTP_PASSWORD=REDACTED
PENPOT_SMTP_TLS=true
PENPOT_SMTP_SSL=false
PENPOT_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://srv-captain--penpot-postgres/penpot
PENPOT_DATABASE_USERNAME=penpot
PENPOT_DATABASE_PASSWORD=REDACTED
PENPOT_REDIS_URI=redis://srv-captain--penpot-redis:6379/0
PENPOT_ASSETS_STORAGE_BACKEND=assets-fs
PENPOT_STORAGE_ASSETS_FS_DIRECTORY=/opt/data/assets
PENPOT_FLAGS=enable-registration enable-login enable-log-emails enable-smtp
PENPOT_REGISTRATION_DOMAIN_WHITELIST=
PENPOT_TENANT=pro

```

Is there something wrong with my configuration, or is there any way to disable email verification?

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**Author:** ![leanderkretschmer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/community.penpot.app/leanderkretschmer/32/6694_2.png) [@leanderkretschmer](https://community.penpot.app/u/leanderkretschmer)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/verification-email-not-getting-sent-on-self-hosted-instance/6038/2 "2024-12-12T07:57:36Z")

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How did you get to that config? because that i would just put my own mail server

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**Author:** ![israelcevans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f07891/32.png) [@israelcevans](https://community.penpot.app/u/israelcevans)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://community.penpot.app/t/verification-email-not-getting-sent-on-self-hosted-instance/6038/3 "2025-03-12T00:53:47Z")

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Hello! did you ever get this working?  
I’m self hosting on a home server that I’ve just set up and I’m thinking that having that email sent and received isn’t an automatic thing. I finally got pentpot setup via docker, generated some keys and was actually able to get this running and accessible to the rest of my network, but I’m stuck at no registration emails being sent.

would anyone have a tip for where to look next?  
Thanks!