Hi guys Thanks in adavance for helping me. my set-up: Server: DigitalOcean Mail-service: Mailgun PuttyGen for console Problem: Installation discourse worked creating admin account not working, because i don’t receive an activation account discourse-doctor says "UNEXPECTED ERROR, Net::SMTPAuth…

Try nano containers/app.yml, what happens?

You should be root when installing Discourse, and accessing the app.yml file. Are you a root user when performing these actions?

yes, “whoami” says I am “root”

worked! Password was wrong :frowning: thanks @NateDhaliwal

Email not working

NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) February 22, 2025, 2:53am 6

Glad that it works now!

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