# 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: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [11 februari 2025 om 17:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshoot-email-on-a-new-discourse-install/16326/553 "2025-02-11T17:27:22Z")

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I updated the OP to explicitly note that the password cannot include special characters. Is this about right?

> [@Discourse](#):
>
> Closely examine all values for correctness. Note that:
> 
> - it all aligns
> - no leading `#` characters
> - single quotes around the developer email field
> - password does not include `"`, `'`, `%`, `]` or other special characters

Let’s work on incorporating any other advice into the guide and delete all these replies. Scrolling through I am not clear on many of them. For instance, the very first reply suggests that a rebuild was needed after updating the SMTP settings which contradicts the guide.

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