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 For production use, make sure to follow all instructions needed from https://supabase.com/docs/guides/self-hosting/docker.
 
+> SMTP is required for email verification, as a code is required. The end-user is not allowed to login yet until their email is verified.
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 ### Allowing Account Deletion
 When an end-user wants to delete their account, they'll be directed to `/api/account/delete`. This API requires that a function already exist in your Supabase project called `delete_user()`.