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[Question] How to get email working on Lemmy-Ansible install?

I used the ansible method to install Lemmy on a DigitalOcean VPS. They do block port 25 and there is no way around that. I tried to change the port from 25 to 465 in the config.hjson file but still no luck. I am super new to this but I want to get this working so bad. I'm so close! The site is working fine, just no emails. I've checked spam, trash, etc. - nothing is getting sent.

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Check the logs of your postfix instance
- I tried to get that using:
  
  sudo docker compose logs postfix
  
  and it just responds:
  
  no configuration file provided: not found
  
  Any ideas?
  
  Since you're getting logs via docker compose you should either be in the directory that holds docker-compose.yml or specify the full path to the file using -f flag.
Register for the free account on sendgrid.com and use their port 587.
- Any chance you wouldn't mind walking me through how to set up Lemmy to do that? Any guide or reference would be appreciated.
  
  There is a script called lemmy easy deploy.
  
  https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy/tree/main
  
  You would setup the free plan for sendgrid.com
  
  Their server setting are an ID, password, servernane and port you would put in the config file.
  
  https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy/blob/main/config.env.example
Use mailgun free account or something similar. If you don’t your emails will land in spam even if you do get it working on a vps (which many including DigitaOceam dont allow emails due to spam)
- Any chance you wouldn't mind walking me through how to set up Lemmy to do that? Any guide or reference would be appreciated.
  
  I don't remember exactly since it was long ago but i believe its: make a mailgun account (make sure you disable the free trial so it doesnt automatically sign you up for the paid service) generate a new mailbox and save the info it gives you and in your config.hjson add your smtp server "smtp.mailgun.org:465", smtp login: "[email protected]", smtp password: "randomcharacters", a from_address like: "Lemmy noreply ", and set the tls type to "tls"
  
  If thats all the steps let me know so I can make a request to have it added to the wiki of https://lemmyadmin.site
Are you running the zerobytes monster instance?
- I don't know what that is so I'd assume not. I used the Lemmy ansible guide by the numbers, so if that is what the guide uses then yes, otherwise no.

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