My email is not working [SMTP set up]

Installation
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I have been trying to set up the activation email and it’s not working I use outlook with godaddy

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Did you follow the email troubleshooting howto linked from the setup instructions?

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No i will have a look now :smile:

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@codinghorror

I don’t know whats wrong it set it up like this:

Hostname for your Discourse? [discourse.example.com]: forum.docrp.net
Email address for admin account(s)? [me@example.com,you@example.com]: jye1234567890@gmail.com
SMTP server address? [smtp.example.com]: smtp.office365.com
SMTP port? [587]: 587
SMTP user name? [user@example.com]: admin@docrp.net
SMTP password? [pa$word]: *(My Password)*
Let's Encrypt account email? (ENTER to skip) [me@example.com]:

I also use a vultr Ubuntu 18.10 x64 server with

CPU:
1 vCore

RAM:
2048 MB

Storage:
55 GB SSD

I also have a cloudflare DNS

I am also getting this in the log:

Job exception: 504 5.7.4 Unrecognized authentication type [SYBPR01CA0010.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com]

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Office 365 is not recommended. Use one of the recommended email providers.

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are there any free ones? @itsbhanusharma

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mailgun gives 10k emails a month free if you sign up with a valid credit card. After that, their services aren’t too expensive.

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