# Issues troubleshooting email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-troubleshooting-email/116016>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-troubleshooting-email/116016 "2019-04-25T22:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![MST2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mst2/32/139354_2.png) [@MST2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MST2)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-troubleshooting-email/116016/9 "2019-04-25T22:43:58Z")

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> [@Stephen](#):
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> `cat /var/discourse/containers/app.yml | grep "smtp.sparkpostmail.com"`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/5/0591c82b30e2ba49d2bab4abab47e313f5250602.jpeg)

> [@Stephen](#):
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> ping [smtp.sparkpostmail.com](http://smtp.sparkpostmail.com)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/b/cb4ec87c5096b22e2b664d4efa451267e4ca58ee.jpeg)

Since there is no response from this:

> [@Stephen](#):
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> `cat /var/discourse/containers/app.yml | grep "smtp.sparkpostmail.com"`

It means this:

> [@Stephen](#):
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> It’s very likely that you typo’d the address during discourse-setup, which would explain why your server can’t resolve it. You can re-run discourse-setup or edit the app.yml to correct it.

Right?

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