Hello, I’ve installed Discourse on my VPS using Docker, and everything seems to be working fine except for one crucial feature - email verification. Here’s the issue I’m encountering: After successfully setting up Discourse on my domain ( forum.askseotools.com ), I proceeded to create an admin accou…

[image] M Kamran: DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS: mail.askseotools.com DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT: 587 DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: forum@askseotools.com DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: #DISCOURSE_SMTP_ENABLE_START_TLS: true # (optional, default true) #DISCOURSE_SMTP_DOMAIN: discourse.example.com …

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Thank you for your prompt response. I appreciate your insights. I’ve made adjustments to the SMTP password in my app.yml file before sharing it here for support. I’ll address the commented-out lines for #DISCOURSE_SMTP_DOMAIN and #DISCOURSE_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL to ensure their configuration. Regard…

Please check. ./discourse-doctor [Screenshot 2024-05-03 002040]

Just like the error message you showed suggests. Looks like the cert for your smtp server is broken. mail.askseotools.com - TLS / STARTTLS Test · SSL-Tools

Yes, you’re right. How to fix? please let me know. Thanks.

Thank you very much, Pfaffman, for bringing attention to the SSL certificate problem. I’ve resolved the SSL certificate issue, and now email verification is functioning properly. I’m receiving the email verifications without any problems. [askseotools] [Screenshot 2024-05-03 075524]

Trouble with Email Verification After Discourse Installation

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) May 2, 2024, 9:24pm 8

Ask the people who run the mail server to fix it.

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Trouble with Email Verification After Discourse Installation

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