Well, to start off, this is production, and I can’t get the first registration email to send. I am sure my SMTP settings are correct. I am able to ping and telnet my mail server with the port used, but as soon as i do “EHLO mailserver” the connection is closed by the foreign host. At the tail of …

I solved it. In discourse-doctor, change line 213 to the following: read_config_result=$(echo $config_line | awk -F ":" '{print $2}') This works because mawk hates -F=":", instead it literally demands a space instead like -F ":". :roll_eyes: Opened a PR : Changed awk config command to be more…

[image] simbleau: This works because mawk hates -F=":" , instead it literally demands a space instead like -F ":" . Right. That’s the “old style” way. I should have been more clear. Thanks for fixing this!

Discourse doctor parsing SMTP credentials not working (+ admin registration email not working)

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) January 5, 2021, 2:43pm 21

Right. That’s the “old style” way. I should have been more clear. Thanks for fixing this!

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