# Installment issue with ports

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/installment-issue-with-ports/131926
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [October 26, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installment-issue-with-ports/131926 "2019-10-26T02:12:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![NSG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nsg/32/159605_2.png) [@NSG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NSG)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installment-issue-with-ports/131926/1 "2019-10-26T02:12:57Z")

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Hey I just installed Discourse and I use a cpanel email setup everything not gotton the email so I did the doctor command and said port issue 465 failed and then tried 857 failed again?? I don’t understand im on  
18.04 Ubuntu and I did the ufw ports and I’m just so lost. (PS is this the right Category?)

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### Author: ![JimPas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jimpas/32/148179_2.png) [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installment-issue-with-ports/131926/2 "2019-10-26T05:52:19Z")

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I may be wrong, but as far as I can see from my own installation, Discourse is looking for/using Port 25. Here’s my setup:

| Delivery Method | |
| --- | --- |
| address | mx-out |
| port | 25 |
| authentication | plain |
| enable\_starttls\_auto | false |
