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## [Cannot access Discourse installation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-discourse-installation/130812)

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**Author:** [@koltl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/koltl)\
**Antwoorden:** 25\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [29 december 2019 om 17:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-discourse-installation/130812 "2019-12-29T17:05:18Z")

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I spun up a free tier VM with AWS to solely run Discourse. First setup went fine, I could view the success page, but I needed to redo it as I made a mistake with setting it up. Anyway, after making a new VPS, I followed …

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## [Error upon replying with single sentence in Japanese](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upon-replying-with-single-sentence-in-japanese/73749)

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**Author:** [@gijigae](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gijigae)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [9 november 2017 om 12:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upon-replying-with-single-sentence-in-japanese/73749 "2017-11-09T12:31:07Z")

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Upon replying to a post with the below “Reply” button, if the reply contains single line in Japanese, it returns an error message, “Body seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?” Sample sentence: ELSAに登録できました。ありがとうござい…

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## [Vbulletin 4 import -](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-4-import/137293)

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**Author:** [@steven\_so](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steven_so)\
**Antwoorden:** 5\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [29 december 2019 om 13:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vbulletin-4-import/137293 "2019-12-29T13:15:22Z")

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Hi, (I don’t have ROR experience) I have been following the guide and in the last step when I run “bundle exec rails server”, there are “MiniScheduler::Stat Create …” and " MiniScheduler::Stat Update" commands running …

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## [Aws getsockopt: connection refused](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-getsockopt-connection-refused/137236)

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**Author:** [@saius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saius)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [29 december 2019 om 10:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aws-getsockopt-connection-refused/137236 "2019-12-29T10:49:58Z")

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I followed this installation guide discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub. Everything is deployed on to a AWS EC2 instance running Ubuntu 18. The installation went fine, but when I open th…

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## [Consolidated pageviews: Logged in users vs Anonymous in a "private" community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-pageviews-logged-in-users-vs-anonymous-in-a-private-community/137271)

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**Author:** [@smileypants707](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smileypants707)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [29 december 2019 om 10:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/consolidated-pageviews-logged-in-users-vs-anonymous-in-a-private-community/137271 "2019-12-29T10:08:59Z")

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King of n00b questions here, with yet another. In my admin’s dash, I can see Consolidated pageviews. For each day, there are numbers for logged in users, anonymous users, and web crawlers. My community is currently set…

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## [How to inspire visitors to make the first post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-inspire-visitors-to-make-the-first-post/112336)

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**Author:** [@William\_Entriken](https://meta.discourse.org/u/William_Entriken)\
**Antwoorden:** 23\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 23:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-inspire-visitors-to-make-the-first-post/112336 "2019-12-28T23:41:20Z")

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We have implemented single sign on for our new community and added a deep link inside one of our courses (we sell training) directly into a topic in the Discourse. A bunch of people “signed up” for Discourse (basically …

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## [Email content max width](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-content-max-width/137069)

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**Author:** [@Bcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bcat)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 03:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-content-max-width/137069 "2019-12-28T03:38:04Z")

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Currently emails when users text or mention other users will receive emails. Email content will display 100% of the email window. So how to set the maximum width of emails! example 650px? I tried this but it didn’t…

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## [How can I let users send invites?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-let-users-send-invites/137240)

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**Author:** [@ianharris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ianharris)\
**Antwoorden:** 4\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 20:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-let-users-send-invites/137240 "2019-12-28T20:12:47Z")

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Hello, Does anybody know how I can allow my users to invite others to the forum? I’ve set it so that TL2 users can send invites, but there’s nowhere in the interface to send one. Any ideas? Thanks! Ian

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## [When will banner topic show again after user close it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-will-banner-topic-show-again-after-user-close-it/137249)

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**Author:** [@wonmew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wonmew)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 20:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-will-banner-topic-show-again-after-user-close-it/137249 "2019-12-28T20:08:14Z")

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for now the only way I can make it show again is clear all cookies, can I set the time when will it show again after user close it? I want to set the banner topic refresh time to 1 day, so everyone can see it the first …

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## [Forbidding users to delete their own posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226)

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**Author:** [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 18:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forbidding-users-to-delete-their-own-posts/137226 "2019-12-28T18:04:01Z")

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Is there a way to block users to delete their own posts? It’s rather frustrating seeing users delete their own posts after a while, leaving topics in a realm of confusion with other members answering posts that are no lo…

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## [Difference between socket- and port-based connection to outer NGINX?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-socket-and-port-based-connection-to-outer-nginx/60071)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Antwoorden:** 10\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 13:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/difference-between-socket-and-port-based-connection-to-outer-nginx/60071 "2019-12-28T13:31:57Z")

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If I understand things correctly there are two ways of configuring your discourse instance behind an NGINX server: with a socket connection (as described here) by exposing some port of the container and telling the out…

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## [Can you bypass the Activation Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-bypass-the-activation-email/136830)

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**Author:** [@paultaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paultaylor)\
**Antwoorden:** 4\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 08:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-bypass-the-activation-email/136830 "2019-12-28T08:17:25Z")

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Using api I created the user with activate true, and it says the user is activated when I look at the user from the admin console But when try to login as user it says: You can’t log in yet. We previously sent an acti…

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## [How to disable file uploads except Avatars](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-file-uploads-except-avatars/137165)

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**Author:** [@nparab](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nparab)\
**Antwoorden:** 5\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 07:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-disable-file-uploads-except-avatars/137165 "2019-12-28T07:55:33Z")

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I am setting up a new forum, and don’t require image uploads for posts. Also, my hosting space is limited as I’m using the $5 plan on DO. How to disable file uploads (except Avatars) in Discourse? I don’t see an option …

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## [Discourse docker images are not signed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-images-are-not-signed/137181)

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**Author:** [@jenslauterbach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jenslauterbach)\
**Antwoorden:** 16\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 05:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-images-are-not-signed/137181 "2019-12-28T05:50:25Z")

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Hello, I am currently trying to set up Discourse on a new machine. I checked out the discourse\_docker repository and ran ./launcher rebuild app. (I skipped bootstrapping because I had configurations from before). Rebui…

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## [Discourse as private forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-private-forum/137176)

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**Author:** [@harmstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/harmstra)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 00:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-private-forum/137176 "2019-12-28T00:13:02Z")

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Is it possible to use Discourse as a private discussion platform ? So that you can only read posts after registration?

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## [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory on upgrading](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-on-upgrading/135325)

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**Author:** [@kgreed](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kgreed)\
**Antwoorden:** 9\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2019 om 00:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory-on-upgrading/135325 "2019-12-28T00:06:34Z")

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I just started an upgrade for the latest version of Discourse, hosted at Linode. The Docker upgrade went OK But on upgrading Discourse I got Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse. Please check the logs below …

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## [Appending an import \> it didn't import any posts (solved)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appending-an-import-it-didnt-import-any-posts-solved/137082)

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**Author:** [@Queth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Queth)\
**Antwoorden:** 4\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [27 december 2019 om 21:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/appending-an-import-it-didnt-import-any-posts-solved/137082 "2019-12-27T21:04:13Z")

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Hello, Edit: apologies for posting in the wrong category. Also, it appears I have been working with the old database somehow so that isn’t surprising it didn’t add anything ;p trying again with new database, hope that w…

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## [Latest rebuild broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-rebuild-broken/134962)

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**Author:** [@zsero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zsero)\
**Antwoorden:** 22\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [27 december 2019 om 15:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-rebuild-broken/134962 "2019-12-27T15:21:52Z")

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I have a long running system, never had any problems before. I always upgrade using a full rebuild, never using the built-in upgrade. I recently did an apt-get upgrade, docker upgrade to 19.03.5 and tried a rebuild but …

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## [WP Discourse showing wrong links to forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-showing-wrong-links-to-forum/136901)

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**Author:** [@renem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renem)\
**Antwoorden:** 6\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [27 december 2019 om 14:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wp-discourse-showing-wrong-links-to-forum/136901 "2019-12-27T14:30:31Z")

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I’m not exactly sure when this started happening. We’ve been using discourse and WP discourse for a few years and never had any issues before. The comment links below a post sometimes show the wrong URL. For example, he…

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## [Problem with the cakeday plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-the-cakeday-plugin/136968)

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**Author:** [@andre.mendes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andre.mendes)\
**Antwoorden:** 5\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [22 oktober 2023 om 10:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-the-cakeday-plugin/136968 "2023-10-22T10:00:12Z")

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Hey guys, I have a problem with the cakeday plugin, I’m a brazilian guy and I’m doing an application with discourse and when I use cakeday appear some random number next to de date, something like: 24 66 December I do…

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## [category.isGrandParent?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-isgrandparent/137127)

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**Author:** [@rogerco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rogerco)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [27 december 2019 om 03:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-isgrandparent/137127 "2019-12-27T03:37:46Z")

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Subcategories of subcategories are not allowed, it seems (shame, but there you go). However, while looking for something else, I stumbled across a function isGrandparent() in discourse/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/model…

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## [No activation email Elastic Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-activation-email-elastic-email/128636)

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**Author:** [@chfcb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chfcb)\
**Antwoorden:** 6\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [27 december 2019 om 02:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-activation-email-elastic-email/128636 "2019-12-27T02:07:13Z")

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Hi first of all : sorry for my bad english . i’m not a native speaker. I installed discourse on my root server i have/had some problems with the subdomain discourse.mydomain.de1 … but know it works …more or less i ch…

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## [What's the difference between reply\_count and post\_count?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-reply-count-and-post-count/137118)

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**Author:** [@tkrunning](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tkrunning)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 23:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-reply-count-and-post-count/137118 "2019-12-26T23:56:11Z")

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Hi guys, I’m trying to get the topic count and reply count for the current logged in user, so I would like to check /session/current.json to get both. topic\_count returns what I’d expect, however reply\_count is very dif…

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## [Discourse slave instance with offline access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-slave-instance-with-offline-access/104052)

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**Author:** [@antulik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/antulik)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 21:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-slave-instance-with-offline-access/104052 "2019-12-26T21:18:28Z")

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Background We have cloud hosted discourse instance for the Australian Ruby community (I’ll refer to it as Master). Twice a year we host RailsCamp events. That’s when we spend a full weekend together at a remote location…

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## [Cannot import discourse libs in markdown extensions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-import-discourse-libs-in-markdown-extensions/137077)

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**Author:** [@jack2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jack2)\
**Antwoorden:** 1\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 20:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-import-discourse-libs-in-markdown-extensions/137077 "2019-12-26T20:22:56Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Developer's guide to Markdown extensions: My extension code is like this: import { iconHTML } from 'discourse-common/lib/icon-library' export function setup(helper) { ... } When doi…

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## [Error rebuilding on 2.3.8](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-on-2-3-8/136992)

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**Author:** [@schneidmaster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schneidmaster)\
**Antwoorden:** 5\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 19:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-rebuilding-on-2-3-8/136992 "2019-12-26T19:47:28Z")

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Hi there! I have revision: stable in my containers/app.yml which currently resolves to v2.3.8. I am getting an error when trying to rebuild the container: I, \[2019-12-24T17:46:51.163113 #1\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/dis…

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## [Badges for Adult Only category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-adult-only-category/137102)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Antwoorden:** 6\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 18:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-for-adult-only-category/137102 "2019-12-26T18:23:54Z")

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Our forum has an “Adult only” category; posts there are unlisted. Despite that, the category is popular, and acquires a large number of likes and responses. Currently, the “Adult only” category doesn’t generate badges, …

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## [Fresh installation with Let’s Encrypt errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-installation-with-let-s-encrypt-errors/137064)

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**Author:** [@wanghaisheng](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wanghaisheng)\
**Antwoorden:** 18\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 18:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-installation-with-let-s-encrypt-errors/137064 "2019-12-26T18:02:59Z")

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succesfully enter app container, is this saying my domain restricted by Encrypt? root@docker-s-1vcpu-2gb-sgp1-01-app:/shared/letsencrypt# ./acme.sh --issue -d bbs.antivte.com -k 4096 -w /var/www/discourse/public --debu…

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## [Missing space \[de\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-space-de/137095)

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**Author:** [@Nisutec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nisutec)\
**Antwoorden:** 2\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 16:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-space-de/137095 "2019-12-26T16:50:58Z")

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In the advanced tutorial dialog in the German language, a space is missing. Who can add the space to the dialog?

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## [I can't receive email by using G suite](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-receive-email-by-using-g-suite/137092)

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**Author:** [@wonmew](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wonmew)\
**Antwoorden:** 3\
**Laatst bijgewerkt:** [26 december 2019 om 15:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-receive-email-by-using-g-suite/137092 "2019-12-26T15:35:55Z")

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DISCOURSE\_DEVELOPER\_EMAILS: me@mydomain.com DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRESS: smtp.gmail.com DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PORT: 587 DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_USER\_NAME: me@mydomain.com DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_PASSWORD: my password it doesn’t work, I am stuck here …

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