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Discourse app.yml doesn't like email password contain "#"
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elijah
(Eli the Bearded)
March 17, 2017, 6:24pm
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That suggests a double quoting trick may work, eg:
DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: "'#1passwordEVAR'"
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