# I set up Discourse, activated my account email, why am I still constantly receiving account activation emails every so often? How to configure to solve this bug

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** email
**Created:** [October 4, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684 "2025-10-04T05:15:32Z")
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### Author: ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684/27 "2025-10-07T00:35:13Z")

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Your configuration in [this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684/5), if it’s the same one that generated [this traceback](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bug/384684/15), is correct. Use that one (port 587, and STARTTLS).

Port 587 is for TLS encryption negotiated after the initial connection (STARTTLS), whereas  
Port 465 is for TLS encryption at connect time (SSL/TLS).

But many providers (correctly) block port 465 because of historical reasons, so 587 is recommended.

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