please share your expert advise on choosing between DO & Vultr. I am on DO, with 2gb RAM, 12$ plan, smtp has been a major issue. I can’t move ahead. Googling shows vultr is competetive, not sure about smtp issue.. how are your experiences, server needs to be down here in australasia.
Not directly answering your question, I have been very happy with AWS Lightsail.
ye, heard that, and they have their email service for smtp as well. is it easy to install discourse…
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Using Netcup and Mailgun, everything is running smoothly so far.
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If I can install in on Lightsail folllowing community provided standard install instructions, anyone can. 
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doesn’t matter what cloud host you use, none will work if you can’t figure out how to properly edit a yaml file and follow directions when people try to help you with it.
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i edited the config in yaml as you @Lilly instructed, it did not work for me. tried few other edits in yaml, nah didn’t work. I’m not a developer. 1st step into discourse, 1st step into DO. Now, I dont have any smtp in my .yml.
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ok i’m sorry this is happening to you. yml files are sensitive. i use Hetzner myself. i used to use Digitalocean but the configurations aren’t super different. i prefer the Hetzner dashboard and interface, and they are way cheaper.
i use Hetzner and Resend for email for 3 forum - a busy pubic one, and 2 private forums. when i first migrated to Resend from Mailgun, all the users had to re-login with their existing credentials. of course most just used the email link or reset. this maxed out my Resend quota before the day was out so i had to do some management there and adjust a few settings. but after 2 or 3 days it was back to normal.