Can you use Yahoo mail SMTP for Discourse?

[charlie2112 (Charlie)]

I am trying to test using Discourse on CentOS 71. I have Docker and Discourse installed…but the problem is configuring SMTP for Email for the initial registration. After installation I can bring up the web interface, congratulating me for successful installation, but it wants an Email address for registration. I have put in the settings for Yahoo mail in the app.yml file, and tried to register with my Yahoo email account. After what I think is a successful registration, I never get the email to complete registration. Is what I am trying to accomplish possible?

Thank you so much for your time.

[djcyry (Cosmin)]

Hello
Why do you need use yahoo ? And not mailgun , mandrill etc

[charlie2112 (Charlie)]

Thanks for the quick reply. I am fairly, and obviously, new at all this (as well as CentOS 7). I don’t have any funding for this at the moment, and am trying to install and get this running for free so I can demo this to my boss for implementation. I don’t ‘need’ to use Yahoo, but I already had a Yahoo account.

What would you suggest? Thanks again!

Charlie

[djcyry (Cosmin)]

Mailgun are free . 10.000mails/month .
Please read this :

Configure Mailgun for email when using Digital Ocean for DNS

I had a little bit of trouble to connect Mailgun and Digital Ocean (espacially the DNS configuration in Digital Ocean), so I’ve decided to create a little guide to help others : Connecting Mailgun with Digital Ocean Initial configuration in Mailgun Sign up on Mailgun Activate your account (you may have to wait 5-10 minutes to receive your activation mail) In Mailgun, do to Domains, Add a New domain. In my example I didn’t use a subdomain as they recommended, I wanted my emails to be noreply@…

[Steven]

It’s easier/quicker to use the registar to configure the email provider but it still works with DigitalOcean if this provider is a pain in the ass to use. I should add a little disclaimer to this howto

The worst that I encounter was internet.bs, they sell domain name but if you don’t use their servers, you can’t configure anything (txt, cname) other than the dns domains. I had to use Cloudflare to link mailgun to the domain. It was fun.

[charlie2112 (Charlie)]

Due to the nature of the environment that I am in (DOD) I cannot use any cloud based host.

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

If you can’t use a cloud based server, you can’t use yahoo for email.

Is there an smtp server on your network that you can use?

[charlie2112 (Charlie)]

We do not have any control of our corporate SMTP server, and on top of that, probably could not use it as a relay. We can install Postfix. Is there a good way to configure it for Discourse? Do you think it would be possible to point it to gmail?

Thanks so much for the help.

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

@charlie2112

We do not have any control of our corporate SMTP server, and on top of that, probably could not use it as a relay

In that case, unless the folks who manage your network are doing a very bad job, the corporate network restricts outgoing mail to approved SMTP servers. Most well-run networks denied outgoing mail from lan clients to external SMTP servers 15 years ago to keep infected computers from being spam-bots.

Do either of these connect?

telnet smtp.mailgun.org 25

telnet smtp.gmail.com 25

@charlie2112

We can install Postfix. Is there a good way to configure it for Discourse?

Sure. If Discourse can connect to it and it will deliver mail, that’ll work.

@charlie2112

Do you think it would be possible to point it to gmail?

It’s possible, but it’s not recommended an a violation of Gmail’s Terms of Service.

[ljpp]

Sorry for derailing the discussion, but are you suggesting that Yahoo is not cloud based? I don’t understand why a 3rd party email provider A is any different from a 3rd party provider B.

[Bathinda (Bathinda Helper)]

@ljpp

por desviar la discusión, pero ¿estás sugiriendo que Y

Me gustaría responder.
Cuando utilizas el servidor de alguien (Yahoo/Gmail, etc.) para enviar tus correos electrónicos a un tercero, estás:

1. utilizando sus recursos (de Yahoo/Gmail) sin ningún beneficio para ellos.
2. poniendo en juego su reputación, ya que el destinatario recibirá estos correos o los del remitente a través de los servidores de Google/Yahoo. Por ejemplo, si un spammer envía miles de correos electrónicos utilizando los servidores de Google o Yahoo, los servidores de los destinatarios comenzarán a pensar que la mayoría de los correos de Yahoo/Google son spam. Por lo tanto, ellos (los proveedores de servicios de internet de los destinatarios) reducirán su credibilidad en consecuencia. Esto, a su vez, afectará la reputación de los servidores de G/Y y, en última instancia, impactará a otros usuarios legítimos de los mismos.
3. En contraste, alguien que proporciona específicamente estas capacidades de ‘envío’ tiene la obligación de asegurarse de que no uses sus recursos para enviar spam a otros. Además, recibe un pago de tu parte y, por lo tanto, puede tolerar ciertos comportamientos indebidos hasta cierto punto.

Espero que lo hayas entendido antes de que piense en más razones