# Latest

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## [Trouble sending emails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-sending-emails/238639)

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**Author:** [@Marcell\_Csendes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Marcell_Csendes)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-sending-emails/238639 "2022-09-11T14:14:23Z")

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Hi. I was trying to send email after an email server switch, before it was working fine, however, now I am unable to send emails. The thing is, the connection is 100% working as you can see. But for some reasons it is u…

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## [Yet Another Fun One](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yet-another-fun-one/238664)

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**Author:** [@fuse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fuse)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/yet-another-fun-one/238664 "2022-09-11T13:15:57Z")

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Opening a fun can of worms. Thanks in advance. I received a notification 8:47pm local time that my Discourse site was not reachable. My server was getting hammered (load average was running anywhere from 8 on the low s…

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## [Installing a git-based gem from a discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-a-git-based-gem-from-a-discourse-plugin/238657)

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**Author:** [@sreinert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sreinert)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-a-git-based-gem-from-a-discourse-plugin/238657 "2022-09-11T13:15:38Z")

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First of all, I’m brand new to Ruby on Rails and Discourse plugin development, so if there’s a better direction, I’d appreciate it. Overview I have an internal Discourse plugin fork (discourse-ldap-auth) which I’m bring…

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## [How to embed Discourse in Wordpress?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-discourse-in-wordpress/238650)

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**Author:** [@Alaa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alaa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-embed-discourse-in-wordpress/238650 "2022-09-11T12:11:25Z")

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I’m wondering how to embed Discourse community website in wordpress so that Discourse will have the same Header and Footer of WP?

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## [Display static error page while site is down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-static-error-page-while-site-is-down/238658)

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**Author:** [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-static-error-page-while-site-is-down/238658 "2022-09-11T08:16:15Z")

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What I want to do is serve a page saying “this site is under maintenance” when it goes offline during, for instance, the rebuilding process. This topic is basically what I’d like to do but seems to require a nonstanda…

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## [Anonmyize all users on a discourse instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonmyize-all-users-on-a-discourse-instance/238659)

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**Author:** [@user12](https://meta.discourse.org/u/user12)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anonmyize-all-users-on-a-discourse-instance/238659 "2022-09-11T04:53:36Z")

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Hello, I have a discourse instance I am working on archiving. I am using HTTRACK as recommend here However, there is something not considered in the archive posts, if there is a user, under the GDPR they have the righ…

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## [How to track down plugin errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-track-down-plugin-errors/238611)

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**Author:** [@Bryan\_Joseph](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bryan_Joseph)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-track-down-plugin-errors/238611 "2022-09-11T04:05:00Z")

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I installed a bunch of plugins and then rebuilt the app. Now I am seeing this banner error: I can play wack-a-mole by removing the plugin from the yml and then rebuilding but this is gonna take a while. I am wonder…

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## [Members without any requirements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-without-any-requirements/238640)

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**Author:** [@Justman10000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justman10000)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/members-without-any-requirements/238640 "2022-09-11T04:01:05Z")

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Hi, some projects and companies are now using Discourse, including a project I’m extremely active in! In this one, however, I realized something quite confusing! So far 2 members (and probably not even all I’ve seen) hav…

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## [Migrate\_to\_S3 Fails on Rebake](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-to-s3-fails-on-rebake/151486)

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**Author:** [@TheEngineer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheEngineer)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-to-s3-fails-on-rebake/151486 "2022-09-10T23:19:52Z")

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With the help of @itsbhanusharma, I’ve been working to move my old uploads over to S3. I followed the steps in this guide: After a rebuild, the uploads sitll had not moved to S3, which is odd. Discourse-doctor reporte…

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## [Subscription not found because of email mismatch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-not-found-because-of-email-mismatch/238652)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subscription-not-found-because-of-email-mismatch/238652 "2022-09-10T17:23:42Z")

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Description of the issue We had a complaint from a customer who got a subscription but was not added to the group. TL;DR If the email address for a user does (somehow?) not match their email address in Stripe, they do n…

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## [Infinity loading icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinity-loading-icon/238407)

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**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinity-loading-icon/238407 "2022-09-10T17:06:34Z")

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When pressing on my avatar in the upper right corner I get this infinity loading icon Using the lastest chrome on ios

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## [All requests failing due to "net::ERR\_CERT\_COMMON\_NAME\_INVALID"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-requests-failing-due-to-net-err-cert-common-name-invalid/238641)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-requests-failing-due-to-net-err-cert-common-name-invalid/238641 "2022-09-10T15:46:40Z")

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Hello, My forum is currently burning up into flames. Going to any page directly gets you slammed with an error Going to the homepage and then a topic will get you flooded with errors in the console, and it’s comple…

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## [Is it possible to convert an existing topic into a Post Voting one?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-convert-an-existing-topic-into-a-post-voting-one/272248)

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**Author:** [@mdict\_free](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdict_free)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-convert-an-existing-topic-into-a-post-voting-one/272248 "2023-07-20T09:27:36Z")

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Is it possible to convert an existing topic to QA format topic?

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## [Installation working when accessed via local network however not externally](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-working-when-accessed-via-local-network-however-not-externally/238632)

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**Author:** [@ddcbeatty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ddcbeatty)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-working-when-accessed-via-local-network-however-not-externally/238632 "2022-09-10T13:43:25Z")

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I have installed Discourse on an Ubuntu server. I have a domain name with “google domains” that uses dynamic DNS to point to my server. I can hit my server remotely using the domain name from outside my network and can a…

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## [Paid - Pass core web vitals and speed up site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-pass-core-web-vitals-and-speed-up-site/238602)

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**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-pass-core-web-vitals-and-speed-up-site/238602 "2022-09-10T12:19:20Z")

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I want someone who can work on improving my client side and server side of all pages of https://howtodiscuss.com and pass its core web vital scores and acheive 100% score on page speed insights, and A score on pingdom sp…

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## [Post content (partially) lost when "Save Reply" fails due to connectivity issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-content-partially-lost-when-save-reply-fails-due-to-connectivity-issues/119315)

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**Author:** [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-content-partially-lost-when-save-reply-fails-due-to-connectivity-issues/119315 "2022-09-10T06:48:28Z")

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When “Save Reply” happens while the internet connection is temporarily down (as just happened to me several times in this train), the content of the post are partially lost. Steps to reproduce: Start writing a reply. W…

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## [Dev environment setup failed on bundle install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-setup-failed-on-bundle-install/214346)

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**Author:** [@uxgnod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uxgnod)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dev-environment-setup-failed-on-bundle-install/214346 "2022-09-10T01:22:28Z")

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Hi all, I want to learn rails development by reading its code and try to contribute to it. I just followed this link to set up my development environment on Macbook Air M1 In the bundle install step, I got an error ab…

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## [Removing all subcategories from an existing category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-all-subcategories-from-an-existing-category/115660)

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**Author:** [@L30110](https://meta.discourse.org/u/L30110)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-all-subcategories-from-an-existing-category/115660 "2022-09-09T19:57:57Z")

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I have a category with a large number of subcategories, each of which may have a number of topic postings. Is there a simple way for me to remove all of the subcategories and cause the existing topic threads in the vario…

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## [\[Need help\]\[MacOS M1 dev installation\] ArgumentError unknown keywords](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-macos-m1-dev-installation-argumenterror-unknown-keywords/238578)

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**Author:** [@YAN](https://meta.discourse.org/u/YAN)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-macos-m1-dev-installation-argumenterror-unknown-keywords/238578 "2022-09-09T18:26:22Z")

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I’m trying to install discourse following Beginners Guide to Install Discourse on macOS for Development I’ve installed the dependencies with the script. To fix some bugs I’ve modified some codes: in the script: brew …

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## [How to wait for this.store.find promise to finish before loading a widget](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-wait-for-this-store-find-promise-to-finish-before-loading-a-widget/238574)

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**Author:** [@attj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/attj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-wait-for-this-store-find-promise-to-finish-before-loading-a-widget/238574 "2022-09-09T17:07:39Z")

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I am using a widget where its data is filled by obtainin some tag descriptions. I retrieve the descriptions as follows: // tag\_arr: variable containing an array of tag names. tag\_arr.forEach(tag =\> { this.store.find("…

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## [Trying To Understand Hard Drive Usage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hard-drive-usage/238515)

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**Author:** [@Brandon007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brandon007)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-understand-hard-drive-usage/238515 "2022-09-09T14:36:33Z")

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I am curious how hard drive space is consumed. Our install is three weeks old, low usage. The other night there was 35GB of free space, and after the Discourse update yesterday, it’s down to 31GB of space. There’s only 3…

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## [URL to set up new topic and category, tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-to-set-up-new-topic-and-category-tags/238183)

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**Author:** [@EGreg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EGreg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-to-set-up-new-topic-and-category-tags/238183 "2022-09-09T13:15:42Z")

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I have discovered that we can use Discourse inside an iframe. In this mode, I hide the header etc. Now I would like to make it a full replacement for our chat / discussion system. Anywhere we have a chat, we can have a …

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## [How can I log a value of a variable using \`console.log()\` or something like this?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-log-a-value-of-a-variable-using-console-log-or-something-like-this/238552)

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**Author:** [@charnelpezai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charnelpezai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-log-a-value-of-a-variable-using-console-log-or-something-like-this/238552 "2022-09-09T11:55:35Z")

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Hi guys, I’m trying to log a variable on my Discourse app in a development environment. See this code snippet for reference: postStream.get("posts").forEach((post) =\> { // I want to log the \`post\` variable …

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## [I need to config two discourse-oauth2-basic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-to-config-two-discourse-oauth2-basic/202644)

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**Author:** [@wayyt\_cc3090](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wayyt_cc3090)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-to-config-two-discourse-oauth2-basic/202644 "2022-09-09T11:54:02Z")

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Application scenario Now I need to support two different oauth2 certification。but discourse-oauth2-basic just help me to support one，I have tried to install two discourse-oauth2-basic plugins， but it couldn’t work，what …

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## [Future pin topics! (feature request)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/future-pin-topics-feature-request/221639)

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**Author:** [@gassim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gassim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/future-pin-topics-feature-request/221639 "2022-09-09T11:03:49Z")

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Hi all! I don’t think this is possible to set a certain time for a topic post to be pinned in the future (i.e. to choose a future date when the topic should be pinned) so I thought I would create this post for you to sh…

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## [Help with OAuth2 Basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-oauth2-basic-plugin/238163)

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**Author:** [@qlands](https://meta.discourse.org/u/qlands)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-oauth2-basic-plugin/238163 "2022-09-09T10:52:22Z")

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I installed and configured the OAuth2 Basic plugin with our App but I get the following error and I don’t know what is going on: OAuth2 Debugging: request POST https://formshare.ngrok.io/oauth2/token Headers: {"User-Ag…

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## [Need help setting up discourse using Caddy as rproxy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-setting-up-discourse-using-caddy-as-rproxy/238456)

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**Author:** [@Tinsmith6176](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tinsmith6176)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-setting-up-discourse-using-caddy-as-rproxy/238456 "2022-09-09T07:46:49Z")

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If i’m not posting this in the right section, i’m sorry. I’m using Oracle Free tier as my server, and i have a Ubuntu installation with a couple of docker containers running. I’m using Caddy, also running in docker, as…

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## [Can I enable the sidebar?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-enable-the-sidebar/233708)

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**Author:** [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-enable-the-sidebar/233708 "2022-09-09T01:35:00Z")

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Hi! This might be a dumb question, but can I enable the sidebar yet? I know it’s being worked on, and I am seeing a bunch of commits for it. I would love to have this on my site, how can I enable it? And is it like …

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## [Smtp doctor test using port 465 even though its configured to use 2525](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-doctor-test-using-port-465-even-though-its-configured-to-use-2525/238372)

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**Author:** [@Bryan\_Joseph](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bryan_Joseph)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-doctor-test-using-port-465-even-though-its-configured-to-use-2525/238372 "2022-09-09T00:21:48Z")

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I am not receiving emails from the site or the doctor. I noticed that the doctor is using port 465 even though I configured it to use 2525: ==================== YML SETTINGS ==================== DISCOURSE\_HOSTNAME=url …

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## [How can I sort the topic replies by date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-sort-the-topic-replies-by-date/238344)

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**Author:** [@CarlosDaniel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CarlosDaniel)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-sort-the-topic-replies-by-date/238344 "2022-09-08T17:52:37Z")

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Hello. I don’t know if it’s possible, and if it is I googled a lot and did not find anything about this, but I would like to sort all the replies of all the topics of my forum by the created date. I’ve been working on a…

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