# 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")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-connection-using-port-25-rather-than-default-587/239259/8 "2022-09-17T22:05:25Z")

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Doesn’t hurt to change the comment here to 25

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/blob/main/samples/standalone.yml#L65>

as it looks like `./discourse-setup` assumes that the values on the sample file are Discourse defaults?

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