# Edit SMTP username
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013 "2018-06-29T03:31:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/1 "2018-06-29T03:31:10Z")
Hey all,
I’ve tried running both: /containers/app.yml and ./discourse-setup to fix my SMTP username but neither seem to work for me
and instead send me to the attached error page.
What am I doing wrong?
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/2 "2018-06-29T03:32:01Z")
Those are command-line paths, not HTTP resource paths.
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/3 "2018-06-29T03:40:42Z")
> [@tyraniczar](#):
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> /containers/app.yml
I had tried it in terminal and got the “no directory message” so I assumed it was a path in browser, sorry 😅
Would you happen to know which directory I’m meant to run that command in?
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/4 "2018-06-29T03:42:10Z")
`/var/discourse`, of course. Note that there is no leading slash on `containers/app.yml`, and that `./discourse-setup` is meant to be run, not edited.
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/5 "2018-06-29T03:44:50Z")
I’ve opened terminal, run /var/discourse and again “no directory”
Do I need to cd into anything beforehand? Sorry
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### Author:  [@schleifer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schleifer)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/6 "2018-06-29T03:46:49Z")
> [@mpalmer](#):
>
> `./discourse-setup` is intended to be run
> [@tyraniczar](#):
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> Do you happen to know which directory I should run that command in?
> [@mpalmer](#):
>
> `/var/discourse`, of course.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/7 "2018-06-29T03:50:24Z")
How did you install discourse?
Those instructions have you
```
cd /var/discourse
./discourse-setup
```
Unless you did something else to install
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/8 "2018-06-29T03:53:40Z")
I used the DO tutorial: [Discourse | DigitalOcean Marketplace 1-Click App](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-the-discourse-one-click-application-on-digitalocean)
I don’t recall ever cd’ing into /var/discourse
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/9 "2018-06-29T13:28:41Z")
Either search here for the install instructions or all digital Ocean for help.
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### Author:  [@rorycb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rorycb)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/10 "2018-06-29T14:09:59Z")
@tyraniczar I believe the DO one-click install uses Docker containers. Does this thread [https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-smtp-settings-discourse-docker-install/20067](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-change-my-smtp-settings-discourse-docker-install/20067) help you out? I don’t have an instance setup on DO at the moment to try it myself.
note: always make sure you create a snapshot of your droplet before playing with any settings so you have something to revert to if things go wrong 🙂
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/11 "2018-06-29T16:08:44Z")
Nothing has worked so far. Opened a ticket with DO
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### Author:  [@rorycb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rorycb)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/12 "2018-06-29T16:20:03Z")
What version of discourse do you have installed? I am new to Discourse (using Meta to learn it better 🙂 ), but not to DO - I’ve been using them for a couple of years. I might be able to find a couple minutes on my lunch to spin up a Discourse droplet and see if I can help you figure it out.
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/13 "2018-06-29T16:33:29Z")
I’m on 2.1.0.beta2 but there’s really no need to waste your lunch on this lol. I was able to access the Ubuntu server via ssh and I ran ./discourse-setup and changed the username but my emails still aren’t being delivered. I guess there’s another issue. Attached is a screenshot of my email config. Is anything missing/incorrect?
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### Author:  [@rorycb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rorycb)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/14 "2018-06-29T16:44:56Z")
Not a waste, curious at heart. But sounds like you are having a different issue than I thought. While I assume you have already found it - it looks like [Configure Mailgun for email when using Digital Ocean for DNS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-mailgun-with-digital-ocean/40590) deals with your exact combination of setup MailGun + Digital Ocean - though there is a bit to wade through in the discussion. My best guess is after changing the mail config you didn’t reload (./launcher rebuild app)?
edit: actually the last reply may be the most useful to you? [Configure Mailgun for email when using Digital Ocean for DNS - #23 by pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/t/connecting-mailgun-with-digital-ocean/40590/23) have you tried using port 2525?
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/15 "2018-06-29T18:39:59Z")
Haha thanks, you are all super helpful. I’ve done the reload twice. I’ll try port 2525 next
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/16 "2018-06-29T19:45:47Z")
Now that I’m not on my phone, I can say that [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) is what you should do to install.
It’s not clear that your port is being blocked, but I always install using port 2525 because Digital Ocean does block outgoing SMTP for lots of their clients and which ones and why is apparently a trade secret.
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/17 "2018-06-29T20:26:56Z")
Thanks, I don’t know if re-installing it would work though. I’ve been able to access and edit my SMTP info via ssh and I ensured that its the same as what I’m using in Discourse. I’ve tried port 2525 and 587 but my emails still aren’t being delivered. Still waiting on ticket @ DO 😪
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/18 "2018-06-29T20:31:18Z")
Next is to check the mail logs of the mail service.
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### Author:  [@tyraniczar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tyraniczar)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/19 "2018-06-29T20:33:35Z")
My logs @ Mailgun are empty lol.
Im thinking that the original problem was that my username credential in Discourse was the default [user@example.com](mailto:user@example.com) while the username credential in Mailgun was the correct one. The screenshot is from the tutorial you sent over. Could that have permanently broken email?
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### Author:  [@maheshmnj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maheshmnj)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-smtp-username/91013/20 "2020-11-16T15:27:46Z")
you need to run /discourse-setup located in the location where you have clones the discourse application for me I have clones it inr /var/disourse/ so I did
`cd /var/discourse`
`/discourse-setup`
this will stop the existing discourse container and then ask the new configuration once everything is set it will rebuild the application