I am using outlook account config for email config Server: smtp.office365.com Port: 587 The telnet is working from local but discourse is throwing error Net::ReadTimeout or Is there is anything I need to do ? or there way to local host mail daemon ?

Hello again, Shibi! :smiley: Unfortunately is not possible to use Outlook as it does not support transactional emails. Check this tutorial with a list of recommended email services.

==================== MAIL TEST ==================== For a robust test, get an address from http://www.mail-tester.com/ Or just send a test message to yourself. Email address for mail test? (‘n’ to skip) [mail@mail.com]: Sending mail to mail@mail.com. . . Testing sending to mail@mail.com using smtp.office365.com:587, username:mail@mail.com with plain auth. ======================================== ERROR ======================================== UNEXPECTED ERROR Net::ReadTimeout ====================================== SOLUTION ======================================= This is not a common error. No recommended solution exists! Please report the exact error message above to https://meta.discourse.org/ (And a solution, if you find one!) Replacing: SMTP_PASSWORD Replacing: LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL Replacing: DEVELOPER_EMAILS Replacing: DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD Replacing: Sending mail to ==================== DONE! ==================== root@discourse:/var/discourse# telnet smtp.office365.com 587 Trying 52.96.88.98… Connected to MNZ-efz.ms-acdc.office.com. Escape character is ‘^]’. 220 MN2PR14CA0028.outlook.office365.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Mon, 24 Jul 2023 21:20:54 +0000 mail@mail.com should be replaced by email

:frowning: . Any alternatives without using email , eg creating accounts manually . or fetch the activation url

When sending email after install

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shibi (Shibi Ns) July 24, 2023, 10:14pm 5

I have found mail server which support this and its working fine

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