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: [afbeelding…

[afbeelding] Willy: Does this change have any impact? Yes. The template samples and discourse-setup should stop including them.

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Waar wordt Let's Encrypt e-mail precies voor gebruikt?

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merefield (Robert) 28 mei 2025 om 12:28 3

Appreciate the heads up. Interesting!

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