Trying to figure out how to setup a forum with discourse but having some trouble with SMTP stuff and gmail. essentually I’m trying to figure out how to disable the need for an SMTP server because I’m going to be using Steam Login instead

You can: Create your first admin user with rake admin:create Log into Discourse and configure Enable only social logins that send confirmed emails (Google, Discord, Facebook, etc) That will give you a somewhat working Discourse. Users can enable push notifications to get a nudge when som…

Need help regarding SMTP and steam login

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Need help regarding SMTP and steam login

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