# Discourse app.yml doesn't like email password contain "#"

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-yml-doesnt-like-email-password-contain/58437
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [06.Март.2017 00:12:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-yml-doesnt-like-email-password-contain/58437 "2017-03-06T00:12:56Z")
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### Author: ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)
#### Post date: [17.Март.2017 18:24:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-yml-doesnt-like-email-password-contain/58437/15 "2017-03-17T18:24:06Z")

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> [@int19h](#):
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> It’s passed correctly to Docker if you use the quotes. The problem is that once it ends up inside discourse.conf, it’s not quoted there - and then # is interpreted as beginning of the comment for that line.

That suggests a double quoting trick may work, eg:

`DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: "'#1passwordEVAR'"`

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