NodeBB: updating Admin details not working

[mventures]

@phenomlab Yes, I had a feeling SMTP was the issue. So, I have to choose between SendGrid or the available plugins, right? Are the plugins not dependable, hence you recommended SendGrid?

[phenomlab]

@mventures No specific reason for SendGrid other than it’s free for less than 100 emails per month. Typically, I’d suggest hosting your own email, but then you’ll also need a raft of DNS records such as txt, spf, dkim and dmarc.

These should be added to DNS anyway for sake of good order, but are less dependant when you leverage a third party service. Don’t be surprised if SendGrid also wants you to add DNS records, as this is the norm.

[mventures]

@phenomlab None of my business perhaps, but what system are you using if you don’t mind me asking? If it’s personal/sensitive, then your recommendation is strongly Sendgrid because it’s easy to set up, dependable and affordable.

Btw, I’ve heard a lot about Mailgun, and they offer 5000 free emails/month, and only $1 extra for another 1000 if it crosses the 5k mark. Are you OK if I started on this one?

[phenomlab]

@mventures being the “traditionalist” that I am I host my own mail using postfix (a service dedicated for this purpose, but residing on the same VPS). There’s nothing wrong with Mailgun, and NodeBB will actively support it.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodebb-plugin-emailer-mailgun

[mventures]

@mventures said in NodeBB: updating Admin details not working:

Hi @cagatay
Thank you for your response.
(1) Admin email change: I did as you said and it still has the old email. No change over to the new one.
(2) A new user registration test: I signed up as a user to check. Though I entered an email for this new account, I did not receive the email verification email for this one also. All email folders were checked and nothing has come in yet.
(3) Admin name: What I meant was - I entered a “full name” for my admin account, and this name is not showing up in the posts.

If I can get help on (3) also, that would be great also! Thank you all.

[mventures]

@phenomlab Nice! I will give this a try tomorrow and see how it goes. By the way, do I need an email in my domain name for this to work, or is the outgoing email from Mailgun/Sendgrid email domain?

[phenomlab]

@mventures said in NodeBB: updating Admin details not working:

By the way, do I need an email in my domain name for this to work, or is the outgoing email from Mailgun/Sendgrid email domain?

The outgoing email should be the default specified in the NodeBB settings. You’ll be using a username and password from the Mailgun service to send mail anyway, so the email address is cosmetic.

[phenomlab]

@mventures said in NodeBB: updating Admin details not working:

(3) Admin name: What I meant was - I entered a “full name” for my admin account, and this name is not showing up in the posts.

Because you need to enable that in Settings

Go to /admin/settings/user#default-user-settings

Enable the below

Save

And finally,

Go to user/admin/settings

Enable “Show my full name”

Save

I’ve done this on your site, so it should be working as intended.

[mventures]

@phenomlab Yes, it is working! Thank you so much

[mventures]

@phenomlab Update: I haven’t forgotten the task of setting up a SendGrid account. It’s just that my account hasn’t been verified yet. It’s been a few days already and I keep getting questionnaires from them. Have chased again today.

[phenomlab]

@mventures Ok. No issues