# Issue with creating admin account for first time

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-creating-admin-account-for-first-time/315309>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** email\
**Created:** [July 7, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-creating-admin-account-for-first-time/315309 "2024-07-07T07:23:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Inspector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f19dbf/32.png) [@Inspector](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Inspector)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-creating-admin-account-for-first-time/315309/1 "2024-07-07T07:23:38Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/e/b/2eba90027b4f370664cd1c84cd2c15b1c975cd35.png)  
This is my current configuration and I cannot create the first admin account because its not sending the activation email. I have used SMTP with my provider and it works, the issue is with discourse I have tried the same credentials with thunderbird and it worked.

I have tried my doctor also as [this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326) topic suggests.  
These are the results

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/6/c/a6c1224c997c140a3afa516a95d1734fefe188e8.png)

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