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New instance cannot send email via Gmail (self.lemmy_support)

submitted 1 year ago by HanSooloo to c/[email protected]

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Setup a self hosted instance and am using Gmail SMTP server with an app password. However, when I try to register a test user, I get an error indicating that "This server hasn't correctly set up email."

I used the Lemmy Easy Deploy project to set my system up. Following is the relevant section of the lemmy.hjson config file:

  email: {
    smtp_server: "smtp.gmail.com:587"
    smtp_login: "<user_name>@gmail.com"
    smtp_password: "my_super_secret_password"
    smtp_from_address: " <[email protected]>"
    tls_type: "tls"
  }

How can I find out why my Lemmy server thinks the email isn't setup properly?

How can I send email from my instance using a Gmail account I created for this purpose?

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[–] HanSooloo 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like we have this issue: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3058

Network configs were removed from the docker-compose file. Does anyone know whether in its current form, whether any outgoing network connection on TCP/587 (TLS SMTP) would work?

Can't test myself inside the Lemmy container, as that one doesn't have any real commands installed in it.