# Using custom email settings

> Customizing mail settings helps you tailor your email communication to precise specifications.

Customizing mail settings helps you tailor your email communication to precise specifications.

1. Go to **Admin**, and from the top left corner, select **Host** (for host email settings), or your organization name (for organization-specific email settings). Then select **Mail Settings**. The **Mail Settings** page opens.
2. Select the **Use custom mail settings** checkbox to set up your own server.
3. Configure the custom email settings, by providing the neccessary information for your SMTP configuration.
4. After entering the SMTP details, select **Test mail settings** to validate your settings. The **Test mail settings** page opens.
5. Add an email address for sending the test email, and select **Send**. This sends a test email to a designated email address to ensure that your configuration is correct and functioning as expected. Make sure to check your inbox for the test email.
6. Once the test email is successfully sent and received, select **Save** to save the SMTP settings. Custom email settings, when configured at the host level, apply to the host and all of its child organizations that do not have a custom configuration of their own. At the organization level, selecting custom settings allows you to implement a unique configuration that is specific to that particular organization. This configuration overrides any settings inherited from the host level, be they default or custom.