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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted
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Hi everybody I'm trying to get my lemmy instance working. I've got it installed now using yunohost. But now i'm running into issues with smtp. So first of all when I want to change the smtp setting in the admin of lemmy i get an error "site couldnt get updated" So i changed it in the lemmy.hjson file, but no change is visible in the admin settings in lemmy. Still 127.0.0.1 -no login - no password I assume that is the default setting. When I swaks my relay - brevo it works. So my mailserver setting are correct (I assume) I tried 'sign up' to make an account on my instance but that gives me an "email_send_failed"

Any help would be great! I've searched lemmy forums, yunohost forum and duckduckgo but nothing that helps me. #desperate Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

1. Check Permissions: First, make sure that you have the right permissions to edit the lemmy.hjson file. You may need to use a command like sudo to edit it if you’re on a Unix-based system.

2. Save and Restart: Once you’ve edited the lemmy.hjson file, ensure that the changes are saved correctly, and then restart the Lemmy service for the changes to take effect. You can do this via the YunoHost admin interface, or using a command like systemctl restart lemmy on the command line.

3. SMTP Server: Double-check your SMTP server settings. These typically include the server’s address, the port number (often 465 for SSL or 587 for TLS), and your login credentials.

4. Email Verification: Lemmy requires a working SMTP setup for email verification during user sign up. If there’s an error with the SMTP setup, you’ll see an “email_send_failed” error.

5. Test SMTP: You mentioned that you’ve already tested the SMTP server with swaks and it’s working. That’s great! If you’re not seeing those settings reflected in the Lemmy admin interface though, the changes might not be taking effect.

6. SMTP Relay: If your SMTP server requires a relay, make sure you have configured it correctly. You said you’re using “brevo” as a relay. If “brevo” is the relay server, it should also be mentioned in your SMTP settings in lemmy.hjson.

7. Logs: Check the logs for any error messages. You can typically find these in a location like /var/log/lemmy/, though it may vary based on your installation.

Without logs, I can’t say much more. Sorry.