# Email sending error when connecting to a separate database

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sending-error-when-connecting-to-a-separate-database/311127
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 7, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sending-error-when-connecting-to-a-separate-database/311127 "2024-06-07T13:06:52Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-sending-error-when-connecting-to-a-separate-database/311127/4 "2024-06-07T13:14:42Z")

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Try checking in the ‘Other’ tab?  
If you still cannot find it, it may be some issue with the setting up of the email with your settings.  
Also see this topic if it helps:

> [@Activation Email Not Received for Discourse Admin Account, After Registering User in The Forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activation-email-not-received-for-discourse-admin-account-after-registering-user-in-the-forum/292050):
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> I successfully set up Discourse on my AWS instance using the AWS Lightsail service. Currently, I am attempting to register my admin account on the Discourse forum, and it is sending an activation link to the email address I specified during the Discourse setup. However, upon checking my email inbox, I am not receiving any emails. Initially, I configured “[email-smtp.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com](http://email-smtp.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com)” as my mail server in the Discourse setup. Subsequently, I discovered that our email accounts are hosted on …

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