# Support

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/6.md?page=569

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## [Phpbb vs discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-vs-discourse/164618)

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**Author:** [@Testisa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Testisa)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-vs-discourse/164618 "2020-09-21T00:29:40Z")

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Bonjour Je souhaite remplacer mon forum phpbb par discourse Je connais php et mysql Est ce vraiment différent ? Je peux l’uploader sur un serveur mutualise ? Ceci est mon premier message test À bientôt !:blush:

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## [Port 443 Not Accessible](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-443-not-accessible/164655)

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**Author:** [@Batman212369](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Batman212369)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/port-443-not-accessible/164655 "2020-09-20T22:31:38Z")

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Hello there. I am trying to setup Discourse on an Ubuntu server (Ubuntu 20 to be exact), but I keep receiving the WARNING: Port 443 of computer does not appear to be accessible using hostname: error every time. I’ve trie…

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## [Customize this error message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-this-error-message/164645)

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**Author:** [@Elska](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elska)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-this-error-message/164645 "2020-09-20T20:28:06Z")

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Hello there, I have seen there is an ability to customize certain “oops” error messages when I am in admin area under customize—\>text . But when I search for this one I don’t find anywhere to access the text. The way …

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## [Avatars not showing in user card](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-not-showing-in-user-card/164652)

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**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatars-not-showing-in-user-card/164652 "2020-09-20T20:15:11Z")

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I have a wierd problem that user avatars are not showing in user profile and user card.

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## [Auto-Close x days after last post + Auto-Bump question](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-x-days-after-last-post-auto-bump-question/156208)

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**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-close-x-days-after-last-post-auto-bump-question/156208 "2020-09-20T17:46:54Z")

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Wondering if the auto-bump update message counts as a reply to the topic and will prevent auto close x days after last post (category option) from closing that topic.

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## [Number of topics in a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-topics-in-a-category/163952)

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**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-topics-in-a-category/163952 "2020-09-20T17:33:35Z")

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How can I see how many topics a category consist of?

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## [Recommended way to handle RTL mixed with LTR languages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-way-to-handle-rtl-mixed-with-ltr-languages/78894)

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**Author:** [@GiorgosK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GiorgosK)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-way-to-handle-rtl-mixed-with-ltr-languages/78894 "2020-09-20T14:22:32Z")

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The forum we are running is mainly in english but we have some pages recently that are RTL (arabic) what is the recommended way to get a specific topic to have RTL direction is this the only posibility ? is this a pl…

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## [Running Discourse with pg\_bouncer and a separate DB](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-with-pg-bouncer-and-a-separate-db/164505)

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**Author:** [@bsawicki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bsawicki)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-with-pg-bouncer-and-a-separate-db/164505 "2020-09-20T13:38:33Z")

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I’m trying to set up our Discourse instance to connect to a separate Postgres DB hosted on Azure (set up as described here) via pg\_bouncer and I’m having issues. Our discourse is hosted on a VM in Azure. I have pg\_boun…

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## [Theme templates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-templates/164611)

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**Author:** [@hpkv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hpkv)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-templates/164611 "2020-09-20T12:23:54Z")

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Greetings. Can someone please let me know if there is a sample theme similar to the layout shown in this website - https://forums.grimreapergamers.com/ or point me to a place where I can find this myself? We really like…

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## [No review queue for auto silenced user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-review-queue-for-auto-silenced-user/164609)

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**Author:** [@ddf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ddf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-review-queue-for-auto-silenced-user/164609 "2020-09-20T10:02:48Z")

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A new member got this: But admin got nothing to review: This is not a bug right? What happend if new user got auto silenced and admin do not know about that and not review? Maybe we lost a member?

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## [How to move the TOC to the left side of the post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-toc-to-the-left-side-of-the-post/276309)

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**Author:** [@MichelleBarnett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MichelleBarnett)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-the-toc-to-the-left-side-of-the-post/276309 "2020-09-20T08:53:15Z")

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Is there a way to move the TOC to the left side of the post, rather than the default right side?

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## [Commits per release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/commits-per-release/164617)

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**Author:** [@csmu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/csmu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/commits-per-release/164617 "2020-09-20T08:33:38Z")

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I’m looking to incrementally update a site since going from 2.4.0beta11 to 2.6.0.beta2 failed on my site. I did git tag and got no results. Is there a map of commit id’s that marry to each beta release? Cheers and tha…

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## [Bug or Feature? Discourse exposes the admin private email to the public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-or-feature-discourse-exposes-the-admin-private-email-to-the-public/164561)

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**Author:** [@gerald](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerald)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bug-or-feature-discourse-exposes-the-admin-private-email-to-the-public/164561 "2020-09-20T04:40:08Z")

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I Installed Discourse with my personal email account, as i’m sure a lot of people did. I wasn’t aware that Discourse exposes this email to the not-logged-in publicly. Looking at Discourse installation in the login page, …

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## [Show open topics always at the top](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-open-topics-always-at-the-top/164406)

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**Author:** [@AntiMetaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AntiMetaman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-open-topics-always-at-the-top/164406 "2020-09-19T22:58:20Z")

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I’m not sure how bugs get reported and get archived here in meta. I know that in my forum, it’s a bit tough to sort the the closed topics from the open ones. I can’t seem to find a way sort it so that the open topics are…

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## [Skipping an step in discourse rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skipping-an-step-in-discourse-rebuild/164582)

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**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/skipping-an-step-in-discourse-rebuild/164582 "2020-09-19T21:11:14Z")

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How can I skip the following step in discourse rebuild? I how mounted a network filesystem in my upload folder, and chown-ing all files takes a lot of time in this situation. cd /var/www/discourse && chown -R discourse…

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## [Extreme Slow page loading (more than 1 minute to load)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extreme-slow-page-loading-more-than-1-minute-to-load/164570)

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**Author:** [@SaeedAshifAhmed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaeedAshifAhmed)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extreme-slow-page-loading-more-than-1-minute-to-load/164570 "2020-09-19T20:49:25Z")

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I installed Discourse in my site: forum.droidfeats.com on 4 GB RAM, 2 CPU, Digital Ocean VPS. Even though, I am having a good configuration, my forum takes more than a minute to load in a private window. Is there any w…

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## [Discourse-rss-polling: polling YouTube playlist feed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-rss-polling-polling-youtube-playlist-feed/164301)

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**Author:** [@k.ohlhus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/k.ohlhus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-rss-polling-polling-youtube-playlist-feed/164301 "2020-09-19T17:21:08Z")

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Thank you for the discourse-rss-polling plugin. I use it successfully for two blogs. Now I want to add a YouTube feed Octave Tutorial to this Discourse forum https://octave.discourse.group. There seems to be a general …

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## [Blank login and signup page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-login-and-signup-page/164479)

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**Author:** [@xinxi\_wang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xinxi_wang)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blank-login-and-signup-page/164479 "2020-09-19T16:46:20Z")

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This is a fresh installation. However. The login page doesn’t show. https://forum.coinut.com/login A random page that doesn’t exist like https://forum.coinut.com/dflkadjf has something. I tried to reinstall but the re…

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## [Can't change Discobot welcome message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-discobot-welcome-message/164531)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_Bobkov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_Bobkov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-discobot-welcome-message/164531 "2020-09-19T15:52:05Z")

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I change texts following the instruction: Can't find discobot welcome message text - #5 by simon I even changed system\_messages.welcome\_user.text\_body\_template to only 1 number 1 system\_messages.usage\_tips.text\_body\_t…

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## [Embed “Latest” on external site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-latest-on-external-site/164137)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-latest-on-external-site/164137 "2020-09-19T12:24:56Z")

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Is it possible to embed the “Latest” Discourse page on another website? Thanks.

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## [How do I audit votes for fraudulent behavior](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-audit-votes-for-fraudulent-behavior/58487)

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**Author:** [@kgish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgish)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-audit-votes-for-fraudulent-behavior/58487 "2016-11-23T13:30:17Z")

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In order to prevent fraudulent behavior, I need to generate an overview of users and for each topic how many times they voted on it. How should I do this?

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## [Where to find post contents in the database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-find-post-contents-in-the-database/164441)

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**Author:** [@sharkdeng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sharkdeng)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-find-post-contents-in-the-database/164441 "2020-09-19T02:10:01Z")

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I backed up the database (postgresql) and turn them into csv to see it has losses. I cannot find the post table. What’s the name for this table? Thank you.

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## [Auto-unlist merged post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-unlist-merged-post/164473)

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**Author:** [@Loki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Loki)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-unlist-merged-post/164473 "2020-09-19T00:46:28Z")

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When every post of a topic is merged to another topic, the post is automatically closed. Is there any way to have it also automatically unlisted?

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## [Install discourse as a subfolder?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-as-a-subfolder/164519)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-as-a-subfolder/164519 "2020-09-18T23:30:22Z")

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I’ve seen Discourse instances at discourse.example.com, and also at www.example.com where Discourse is the website - but what about keeping an existing website at www.example.com and having Discourse at www.example.com/d…

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## [Embedding YouTube links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-youtube-links/164377)

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**Author:** [@rcalucchia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rcalucchia)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-youtube-links/164377 "2020-09-18T21:23:45Z")

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I was hoping I’d see another post on this, but previously it was easy to embed YouTube vids right into the text box and now they are showing up as hyperlinks. Is there a fix?

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## [Wrong Site URL during Installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-site-url-during-installation/164492)

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**Author:** [@DonBot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DonBot)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-site-url-during-installation/164492 "2020-09-18T20:37:01Z")

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I accidentally typed the wrong site url while installing, and now the link does not work, making the forum inaccessible. How do I fix this?

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## [What is the preferred type of server, Dedicated or VPS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-preferred-type-of-server-dedicated-or-vps/164483)

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**Author:** [@TOMAR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TOMAR)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-preferred-type-of-server-dedicated-or-vps/164483 "2020-09-18T19:36:32Z")

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What is the preferred type of dedicated server or VPS to install Discourse !? I am very disappointed. I do not know what is the preferred server to install

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## [Customize badge page CSS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-badge-page-css/86170)

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**Author:** [@Francois\_Douville](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Francois_Douville)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-badge-page-css/86170 "2018-04-26T12:40:47Z")

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I don’t know how to put a margin 18px

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## [What's the easiest way to display users' trust level in posts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-easiest-way-to-display-users-trust-level-in-posts/159130)

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**Author:** [@physixfan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/physixfan)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-easiest-way-to-display-users-trust-level-in-posts/159130 "2020-09-18T15:10:24Z")

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I would like to display users’ trust level (or corresponding badges) in the posts, like this screenshot: What’s the easiest way to do this? I think this gives readers a quick way to see whether a post is trustworthy…

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## [Zoho email authentication not working with discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zoho-email-authentication-not-working-with-discourse/164327)

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**Author:** [@iackrishitech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iackrishitech)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zoho-email-authentication-not-working-with-discourse/164327 "2020-09-18T10:13:00Z")

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I’ve installed discourse with AWS Lightsail with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The zoho email authedication is not working with discourse. At same time it’s working fine with Mailgun auhendication. Kindly help me to resolve this iss…

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