If local logins are disabled

[darkpixlz (Pyx)]

@abeen

hosted on DO,

SMTP is blocked on DO by default. If you want to use mail, you’ll need to find a proxy somewhere. Lots of people have said that Mailgun is what works good for Discourse on the cloud but that is not something I have experience with.

This might be what you’re after:

Configure Mailgun for email when using Digital Ocean for DNS

I had a little bit of trouble to connect Mailgun and Digital Ocean (espacially the DNS configuration in Digital Ocean), so I’ve decided to create a little guide to help others : Connecting Mailgun with Digital Ocean Initial configuration in Mailgun Sign up on Mailgun Activate your account (you may have to wait 5-10 minutes to receive your activation mail) In Mailgun, do to Domains, Add a New domain. In my example I didn’t use a subdomain as they recommended, I wanted my emails to be noreply@my…

@abeen

Now, wanted to find out if you have gone with google logins or social logins and no issue if local sign ups/logins is not in your forum

Yes, you can use social login (Discord, Google, …) or Discourse ID (no setup) without SMTP. You’ll lose digests and email notifications, but if your goal is just a community it will work fine even with lower engagement (digests are designed to help retention).