# Self-hosted Chatmail: Unencrypted email support?

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/self-hosted-chatmail-unencrypted-email-support/5381>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** open-standards, chatmail\
**Created:** [June 7, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/self-hosted-chatmail-unencrypted-email-support/5381 "2026-06-07T09:38:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![imysl0](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/imysl0/32/2169_2.png) [@imysl0](https://forum.delta.chat/u/imysl0)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/self-hosted-chatmail-unencrypted-email-support/5381/1 "2026-06-07T09:38:31Z")

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If I use a self-hosted Chatmail as my mail server, is it possible to configure it to send and receive unencrypted emails?

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**Author:** ![punkero](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/punkero/32/3455_2.png) [@punkero](https://forum.delta.chat/u/punkero)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/self-hosted-chatmail-unencrypted-email-support/5381/3 "2026-06-07T11:55:52Z")

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A more recent commit has removed the above feature: [feat!: ignore passthrough\_sender and passthrough\_recipients to elimin… · chatmail/relay@43ae9fe · GitHub](https://github.com/chatmail/relay/commit/43ae9fee5c34d7004f3eaa3add1bd3bcc58ef39d)

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**Author:** ![imysl0](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/imysl0/32/2169_2.png) [@imysl0](https://forum.delta.chat/u/imysl0)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/self-hosted-chatmail-unencrypted-email-support/5381/4 "2026-06-07T15:09:28Z")

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Thanks for your reply. It seems that it’s not possible to use non-encrypted messages in chatmail. I’ll look for other suitable services.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.delta.chat/uploads/default/original/1X/d435ee2a3c515521f06387caee1b32a67e183f89.jpg) [@system](https://forum.delta.chat/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/self-hosted-chatmail-unencrypted-email-support/5381/5 "2026-10-07T11:29:02Z")

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