My forum no longer responds to replies sent by email. Reply by email has previously been working well, but it looks like this functionality stopped working around September 29th I have no definitive evidence for this timing, as the forum is not very active, but certainly it no longer works now, an…

[image] Paul_King: I added my gmail address as a custom address to the staff category No, you should set up something like staff@nzarchitecture.net.nz in the category settings, then use your Gmail to send a message to that address.

Ah, ok. [image] RGJ: set up something like staff@nzarchitecture.net.nz in the category settings, then use your Gmail to send a message to that address. I tried exactly this, but nothing has appeared in any of the Bounced / Received / Rejected logs

your mail server is set to Digital Ocean. [image] Do you have a mail server with them ?

That’s the IP of the droplet, which is running the mail-receiver. nzarchitecture.net.nz. 2727 IN A 159.65.140.176

its been changed in the last 5 months [image]

[image] Paul_King: Reply by email has previously been working well, but it looks like this functionality stopped working around September 29th I know what is going on. It’s that @#(($* LetsEncrypt thing again that broke half the internet many things on Sept 30. [image] …

[image] RGJ: It’s that @#(($* LetsEncrypt thing again that broke hahahahaha, yes. i forgot about that. LOL

You got to follow the topic that @RGJ posted. That should fix your issue. [image] Self-hosted mail-receiver update following Let's Encrypt root certificate change Self-hosting This announcement only affects self-hosters who are running Configure direct-delive…

[image] RGJ: Just rebuild the mail receiver Docker. Ah, ok. That sounds promising! How do I rebuild ‘mail receiver docker’? is this different to the rebuilding of ‘docker manager’ that happens when updating the forum via dashboard? Do I just follow this? How do I manually update Discourse …

you need to login to the command line side of your site. It’s not via the forum admin dashboard.

Self hosted Reply by Email stopped working after latest update

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RGJ (Richard - Communiteq) October 25, 2021, 10:00pm 9

I know what is going on. It’s that @#(($* LetsEncrypt thing again that broke ~~half the internet~~ many things on Sept 30.

Just rebuild the mail receiver Docker.

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