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PieFed Instance Not Sending E-mails? (piefed.social)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/piefed_help@piefed.social
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As the topic would suggest I've run into another problem with PieFed...I have Mailgun set up as my SMTP host for password resets and the like, the password to my knowledge is correct as I've tested the configuration out in a separate Python script and it logged into smtp.mailgun.org successfully on port 587.

Has anyone else set up Mailgun or similar external SMTP hosting that may be able to help debug the issue?

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[–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

Thank you, I tried this from my Docker version of the instance, mail seems to be sent as normal through that...I just need to figure out why it's happening with the non-Docker version, so I'll have to test that and check the logs once I get a chance. It's probably something in the "hard way" configuration that I didn't get right along the way!

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    If you are trying to run things on a VPS, many hosting companies will block the standard email ports by default to prevent spammers from using their network. Usually you have to go through some extra steps to open up those ports.

    Some smtp services will allow you to use a nonstandard port. I use resend.com to send smtp emails, and this is what my PieFed environment variables look like:

    MAIL_USE_TLS=True
MAIL_SERVER='smtp.resend.com'
MAIL_PORT=2587
MAIL_USERNAME='resend'
MAIL_PASSWORD='my_api_key'
MAIL_FROM='my_from_email@instance.tld'
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