There is not really any other forum option worth using. IPB has exploits and is overpriced, xenforo/myBB/phpBB/mistforums/enjin all fail to meet requirements and in some cases also exceed budget, and as far as I can tell this is the only option available. If gmail smtp is out of the question here then I guess for now I’ll figure out this rake admin:create thing.
I’d also like to know where I can view TOS for discourse as at this point I’m just going to put a later project to create an edit for no SMTP server being needed