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description: "How to configure your email when self-hosting Infisical."
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Infisical requires you to configure your own SMTP server for certain functionality like:
By default, the core functions of Infisical work without any email service configuration. Without email service, the following functionality will be deactivated.
- Sending email confirmation links to sign up.
- Sending invite links for projects.
- Sending alerts.
We strongly recommend using an email service to act as your email server and provide examples for common providers.
## General configuration
By default, you need to configure the following SMTP [environment variables](https://infisical.com/docs/self-hosting/configuration/envars):
If you choose to setup email service, yuu need to configure the following SMTP [environment variables](https://infisical.com/docs/self-hosting/configuration/envars):
- `SMTP_HOST`: Hostname to connect to for establishing SMTP connections.
- `SMTP_USERNAME`: Credential to connect to host (e.g. team@infisical.com)