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 my logs, it says: Rendering layouts/email_template.html.erb Rendered layouts/email_template.html.erb (Duration: 0.2ms | Allocations: 32) Delivered mail f3853b94-b772-48c2-b1b7-a78bbcbfc5c1@discourse.mywebsite.com (60177.6ms) Job exception: Net::ReadTimeout And I tried ensuring my SMTP settings were correct so I ran /var/discourse/discourse-doctor, but it cannot validate my settings. It says: ==================== YML SETTINGS ==================== awk: not an option: --field-separator=: DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME= awk: not an option: --field-separator=: SMTP_ADDRESS= awk: not an option: --field-separator=: DEVELOPER_EMAILS= awk: not an option: --field-separator=: SMTP_PASSWORD= awk: not an option: --field-separator=: SMTP_PORT= awk: not an option: --field-separator=: SMTP_USER_NAME= awk: not an option: --field-separator=: LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL= But my YAML (./containers/app.yml) seems perfectly formatted. ## TODO: The SMTP mail server used to validate new accounts and send notifications # SMTP ADDRESS, username, and password are required # WARNING the char '#' in SMTP password can cause problems! DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS: mail.redacted.com DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT: 465 DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: redacted@redacted.com DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: "redacted" #DISCOURSE_SMTP_ENABLE_START_TLS: true # (optional, default true) ## If you added the Lets Encrypt template, uncomment below to get a free SSL certificate LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: redacted@redacted.com

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 cross platform by nuzzles · Pull Request #513 · discourse/discourse_docker · GitHub

[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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