# Email connection using port 25, rather than default 587

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 6:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259 "2022-09-17T06:47:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![TechGeek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techgeek/32/274321_2.png) [@TechGeek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechGeek)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259/4 "2022-09-17T17:11:48Z")

</div>

> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> So set it rather than accepting the default. discourse-setup sets it.

Not everybody run discourse-setup, instead they use web and data yml files directly to create multiple instance running on same system. But yeah not a high priority to resolve.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259)._