Emails not sending properly: User Inobservatus is experiencing issues with sending emails, receiving an error related to an SSL handshake failure. pfaffman suggests the issue might be due to an invalid SSL certificate for the mail server. After setting up the SSL certificate, Inobservatus still encounters the SSL error, and is unsure about the SMTP username and password configuration. pfaffman notes that the SMTP credentials depend on the mail server configuration, but running discourse-setup should prompt for the sending address.
So I’ve got everything set up except my email, and it’s just returning this very basic error I can’t figure out how to fix.
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Delivered mail d8a282d1-d293-4f95-b613-de340fb94bdb@banlist.inobservatus.xyz (465.2ms)
Job exception: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=error: sslv3 alert handshake failure
It looks like the ssl certificate for your mail server is invalid. Can you fix that?
I have no clue how to do this.
My VPS is routed through my webserver. Do I need to add the SSL on the website or on the VPS? (I’m using DigitalOcean)
Also, for the SMTP username and password - is that just a username and password for one of the emails on my domain?
Unrelated, but the email has the format system@example.com. Do I need to change anything since its not on discourse.example.com?
Maybe it’s a little hard to guess as there are many ways your mail server might be configured. If sounds like it is accessible via many host name but only one has a valid certificate.
If you run discourse-setup it’ll prompt you for the sending address.
I got the SSL set up. What would the SMTP username and password be for a normal installation?
I’m still getting the SSL error in the first post so I’m unsure if that is related to the mailserver’s certificate or the VPS’s.