# Invitation issues?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** invites
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222 "2024-09-26T13:36:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author: ![karriem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@karriem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karriem)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/1 "2024-09-26T13:36:42Z")

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When I invite people with the link an error message is generated “Sorry the page you are looking for is not found”…  
I’m self hosting on a Synology NAS…

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/2 "2024-09-26T13:39:44Z")

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Welcome to Meta 👋

> [@karriem](#):
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> “Sorry the page you are looking for is not found"

Do you see that error after creating the link, or is that error shown when someone tries to use the link?

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### Author: ![karriem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@karriem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karriem)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/5 "2024-09-26T18:00:29Z")

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In answer to your initial question… when the “invite-link” is clicked a message page is returned stating “Sorry the page you are looking for is not found”

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### Author: ![karriem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@karriem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karriem)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/6 "2024-09-26T18:02:20Z")

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the error is shown when someone tries to use the invite link that they receive in email…

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/7 "2024-09-26T18:11:39Z")

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Could you share a link?

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### Author: ![karriem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@karriem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karriem)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/8 "2024-09-26T18:25:19Z")

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![IMG_0433](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/9/4/894a3f7825174fea4f904c5499de7fdd5d6f6be7.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/9 "2024-09-26T18:29:09Z")

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When I use that link I am taken to the login page

 ![_20240926_202720](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/d/7/4d791768f40c1778221c74712ce07f7c09db6ceb.jpeg)

```plaintext
https://discourse.adalgisa.synology.me/invites/ASW7DL3zTa?t=1dbb626c211f3dd5324948ce48c48aa0

```

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### Author: ![karriem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@karriem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karriem)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/10 "2024-09-26T18:32:25Z")

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Bingo!!! I’m curious why the email uses “http” which I have configured to force https???

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### Author: ![karriem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@karriem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karriem)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/11 "2024-09-26T18:33:46Z")

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The emails being received don’t have https…??? did I do something wrong..?

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/12 "2024-09-26T18:47:37Z")

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> [@karriem](#):
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> The emails being received don’t have https

It looks like HTTPS is setup for your site, but it is not being “enforced”. On your site settings page, search for the `force https` site setting. Enable that setting if it is not enabled. Unless something has changed recently, when `force https` is not enabled, links in emails sent from Discourse will use HTTP instead of HTTPS.

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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/13 "2024-09-26T19:24:00Z")

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> [@karriem](#):
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> I have configured to force https???

but it is per that 🤔

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### Author: ![karriem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9a28c/32.png) [@karriem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/karriem)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/14 "2024-09-27T12:41:08Z")

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Thank you… upon further checking it appears that I checked the box “force https” but failed to hit the green check afterwards!

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitation-issues/328222/15 "2024-10-27T12:41:24Z")

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