# Changed email service, now the forum won't resolve via IP address nor URL

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-email-service-now-the-forum-wont-resolve-via-ip-address-nor-url/385331>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [October 11, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-email-service-now-the-forum-wont-resolve-via-ip-address-nor-url/385331 "2025-10-11T18:06:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![NFULFX](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nfulfx/32/503284_2.png) [@NFULFX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NFULFX)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changed-email-service-now-the-forum-wont-resolve-via-ip-address-nor-url/385331/16 "2025-10-12T14:38:01Z")

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I appreciate everyone’s help with this. It looks like it was a weird fluke from a previous installer’s setup input. (I didn’t set that value to “OFF”). But I’m back online. I haven’t checked to see whether the email is working but we’ll see! I’m just so relieved at this point! Thank you!

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