# Troubleshoot email on a new Discourse install

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326
**Category:** Self-Hosting
**Tags:** email, configuring, how-to
**Created:** [7 juni 2014 om 22:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326 "2014-06-07T22:38:50Z")
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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: [8 februari 2025 om 18:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326/551 "2025-02-08T18:27:10Z")

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Without looking more carefully, I’d say change the password to not have funky characters or edit `app.yml` by hand and enclose the password in single quotes. `discourse-setup` is a fairly crude tool that’s not designed for all situations.

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