Hi Wes!
I noticed you pasted what looked like an actual password so I quickly replaced it. I see you did replace it in other posts above so I imagine you know to be careful with this
The notification email is the from address that email notifications will have, and it needs to be in your configured Discourse domain or else notifications wonât arrive to your usersâ inbox due to the email verification mechanisms in play.
That is, if you set your Discourse hostname to wespenreboards.com, your notification email should be something like noreply@wespenreboards.com.
I ran the following in the Digital Ocean console, and this time it was able to complete the setup changes (which was to just change the SMTP info. I didnât do it in the ytm file directly because I wasnât sure, after editing it there, I should save or save files in all editors, in case I screwed up).
My email domain is Gmail.com, from what I understand, even though my domain is wespenreboards.com. So, what I donât understand is why I need serenityblue to relay emails? (smtp-relay.sendinblue.com). Shouldnât I use Gmailâs smtp server?
Maybe the initial certified discourse support person used serenityblue to relay my emails to his email address, and now when he is no longer helping us, it should be reset to Gmail?
Gmail is your personal email service, but you need a separate service for Discourse to send emails. Gmail does not support that; thatâs where Send In Blue comes in.
You definitely need an SMTP service like it for Discourse to send notifications.
You should be all set now; discourse-setup writes the values you input to the .yml, which will be picked up on future ./launcher restart CONTAINER runs.
So, should my noreply still be noreply@wespenreboards.com, even though I have no email services at wespenreboards.com? Or should the noreply somehow be set up with serenityblue and I should contact them to help me with that? Or how does that work? For example, noreply@serenityblue.com ?
The smtp does still not work, and I wonder if it is because I donât know what to put as a noreply email
There are a few different email providers you can use. Sendinblue does have a free tier for 300 emails a day if youâre on a budget, and is relatively simple to sign up for (I did it especially for this run-through) so may be a good one to consider if you donât already have an account with them?
Once you sign up you can go to your sendinblue SMTP page and grab the info that you need from there.
It sounds like you havenât set up a mail provider yet.
Thanks, Jammy! Iâm setup with sendingblue, so Iâll use their relay address then. It seems like the right thing to do, for sure. Also, they have a very good support service (just like you guys).
