# Reply-by-Email עבד, עכשיו שבור

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-was-working-now-broken/206247>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [17 באוקטובר,‏ 2021,‏ 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-was-working-now-broken/206247 "2021-10-17T00:57:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [19 באוקטובר,‏ 2021,‏ 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-was-working-now-broken/206247/9 "2021-10-19T13:43:26Z")

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> [@Mark\_Schmucker](#):
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> is there something that should have been done better?

It’s a result of [DST Root CA X3 Expiration (September 2021) - Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/dst-root-ca-x3-expiration-september-2021/). It caught a few people off guard and the issues that it caused for Discourse self-hosters are subtle enough that it got overlooked. And there are still issues that need to be resolved.

> [@Mark\_Schmucker](#):
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> So we weren’t handling bounces and com

I suspect that they stopped being handled October 1.

I never figured out how to get SES working. An emergency stopgap would be to set up outgoing mail with mailgun.

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