# 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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**Post date:** [06.Март.2017 23:25:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-yml-doesnt-like-email-password-contain/58437/6 "2017-03-06T23:25:45Z")

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I would think so, but my read of the (really, really old) linked topic is that even with single quotes it wasn’t working.

Yes. Discourse-setup puts double-quotes around the password. If pups and/or docker do the right thing with

```
  DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: "hise@#ijflkjfpassword"

```

then it should work. N.B. that `discourse-setup` strips that comment about the `#`. If we want that comment then we need to put it on `standalone.yml` on the line above it.

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