Email not sending out after installation. I need help please

(Elo Tobore Murphy) #1

I think I have just reached my highest level of frustration with configuring mailgun :frowning:. Please I need help.

This is my problem:

I installed discourse successfully after several failed attempt with configuring smtp credentials and the problem I seem to have is sending activation links to new registered users for activation of their account. I tested with my other gmail account and I did not get any email as regards link to activating my new account. I also tried inviting my friends as moderators but that too did not work!

I then checked my mailgun account to see my logs and I saw this:

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I do not understand what that means.

My DNS are configured well

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Images of my admin interface:

Did I do anything wrong?

Please I really need help. Thanks

(Jay Pfaffman) #2

Mailgun now requires a credit card number to deliver mail. If you give them a credit card number, it’ll work.

Can't get admin email to send working with using namecheap email server
(Tobias Eigen) #3

Ahh. a very helpful, very timely tip actually. Thanks! :rocket:

I don’t know what happened there for me but my mailgun account was indeed still sending out emails. I guess I am grandfathered in with an older account or something.

But without providing a credit card I didn’t have access to the mail log which is crucial for me.

What’s a bit weird about this arrangement is that it’s still free but if you send more thank 10k you start getting billed. So pretty important to also set up a custom message limit in your mailgun prefs.

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(Jay Pfaffman) #4

I think the policy changed for new accounts in January.

(Elo Tobore Murphy) #5

Wow. So if I add my credit card, will I still be charged if I don’t send up to 10,000 a month?

(Jeff Wong) #6

Per Mailgun dashboard, “You won’t be charged until you surpass your free allocation”

(Jay Pfaffman) #7

Right. It’s always made sense to give them a credit card anyway, as they turn more stuff on if you do. IMHO, it’s sort of crazy that they every delivered mail for free without any proof of ability to pay. You can see their pricing page for more info.

(Elo Tobore Murphy) #8

Ok guys. I will go ahead and add my credit card.

(Elo Tobore Murphy) #9

It’s working now :grinning:. But I have another issue now :expressionless: The link to activate the account does not go to the homepage of the forum. Instead it takes me to this link: http://email.rookiecave.com

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Any thought on this? Thanks

(Jeff Wong) #10

What’s your DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME in your app.yml?

(Elo Tobore Murphy) #11

My discourse hostname is www.rookiecave.com

(Jay Pfaffman) #12

Perhaps you changed it after you did the initial build? You probably need to

cd /var/discourse
./launcher rebuild app
(Elo Tobore Murphy) #13

It’s working now. I realized the problem was from my mailgun domain settings. My tracking hostname was ‘email’, it was coming as a prefix to the domain name. All I had to do was turn it off.

Thanks

(Elo Tobore Murphy) #14

Now I need to install ssl certificate on my domain name using let’s encrypt. How do I go about that? Any guide?

(Jeff Wong) #15

The guide you’re looking for is here:

(Jay Pfaffman) #16

If you’re interested in using Discourse, you might take notice of its search function. search for “encrypt #howto” and you’d find it, as @awole20 did.

(Elo Tobore Murphy) #17

Ok I understand. I have just followed the guide and added this:

templates:

  • “templates/web.template.yml”
  • “templates/web.ssl.template.yml”
  • “templates/web.letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml”

Please how do I rebuild the containers?

Which of the commands are valid for rebuilding?

1…/launcher rebuild
2. ./launcher rebuild start app
3. ./launcher rebuild app
4. ./launcher rebuild <app.yml>

(Kane York) #18

Number 3 only.

./launcher {start | stop | bootstrap | destroy | rebuild} [container name]
(Jeff Atwood) #19