Hello World,
I’ve got a Discourse server running at home for testing purposes (it looks awesome, btw) but I’m confused about how to configure the FQDN and email settings. I had to gain access to an administrative account through the command line, so that’s done, but I still need to get email working.
Here’s the situation:
Discourse server is on my home LAN.
The hostname = myhomeserver
I have a email account configured with my webhost for the server to access in order to send out confirmation emails. This email account is tested and working, so I know the problem is not with the account or my webhosting company. Let’s call this account “admin@mywebhost.com”
I have a FQDN via Dynamic DNS that I can use to make the Discourse server reachable from the WAN. Let’s call it “myFQDN.com”
How do I configure Discourse to use an email account at “mywebhost.com”, but be reachable at “myFQDN.com”?
Would these be the correct settings?
hostname = myhomeserver
FQDN = myFQDN.com
email address = admin@mywebhost.com
It seems like the FQDN and email address would cause problems because they’re not on the same domain.
I apologize if this is super easy, but I’m not getting it. Thanks.
–Matt