Hey everyone, I’ve been wrestling with setting up SMTP on my Discourse installation, and it’s been quite the challenge. I’ve delved into numerous posts like this one without luck. Here’s the scoop: I suspect my issues are tied to the format and length of the username and password that I’m required…

Edit, issue fixed. Problem was user name env variable should be DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME instead of DISCOURSE_SMTP_USERNAME. The below configuration work: DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: <Azure communication service SMTP user name (does not need to be <Azure Communication Services Resource name>.<Entra …

Struggling to Configure SMTP in Discourse with Azure Communication Service

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zogstrip October 21, 2025, 7:40am 4

Looks like this is now fixed, thanks to @justinm

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Struggling to Configure SMTP in Discourse with Azure Communication Service

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