During installation, I’m asked for an email address for SSL. Do I need to register that email somewhere, or does Discourse do it for me? Can it be any email address as long as it works for receiving emails? I read this, and it seems like they’ll no longer send expiration emails: [image] En…

What exactly is Let's Encrypt email used for?

pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) May 28, 2025, 12:26pm 2

Yes. The template samples and discourse-setup should stop including them.

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