diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ee23ad817af09ea1115a86f618100aebc25a6ab3..1b93e774beb1f05ee01a1c0f044c95bdf36680f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ the host for outgoing email.
  
 TODO:
 
-* Double check the email setup, work though [this thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-backscatter-in-email-interface/59974) and [all the changes](https://github.com/discourse/mail-receiver/pull/2/files) 
+* **Email:** Postfix isn't configured correctly, for outgoing email some of [these steps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emails-with-local-smtp/23645/28) were followed and then the [mail-reciever Docker setup](https://github.com/discourse/mail-receiver) was copied and [this thread](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-backscatter-in-email-interface/59974) and [some of the changes here](https://github.com/discourse/mail-receiver/pull/2/files) were implemented and it is not quite right...
 * Munin node plugin setup 
 
diff --git a/roles/email/tasks/main.yml b/roles/email/tasks/main.yml
index 79df4a3b4f14b377828de2979634266aa0d691e6..64cf39e315bcff7d23274fd47af99c1231017578 100644
--- a/roles/email/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/email/tasks/main.yml
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@
  
 - name: Postmap run with Transport Maps file
   command: postmap /etc/postfix/transport
-
-- name: Postfix smtpd_recipient_restrictions set 
-  command: postconf -e "smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_policy_service unix:private/policy"
+#
+# This breaks outgoing email for the Discourse Docker app
+#- name: Postfix smtpd_recipient_restrictions set 
+#  command: postconf -e "smtpd_recipient_restrictions = check_policy_service unix:private/policy"
 
 - name: Postfix set to reject incorrect email addresses 
   command: postconf -M -e "policy/unix=policy unix - n n - - spawn user=nobody argv=/usr/local/bin/discourse-smtp-fast-rejection"