Nodebb and emails

[phenomlab]

OK, after taking a look at this, I’ve done the following

1. Set your nodebb insurance to use custom smtp and send via smtp.fastmail.com
2. Save and test

I now get the error

Invalid login: 535 5.7.0 Sorry, you need to create an app password to use this service. Please see fastmail.com/help for more details.

This means you need to configure an app inside fastmail to send emails.

After you’ve done this, it should work

[Panda]

@phenomlab ok thanks will try with app password
I wonder why it needed custom setup

[phenomlab]

@Panda likely because the predefined settings are out of date. Realistically, nodebb devs can’t possibly maintain correct settings for mail services they do not control.

[Panda]

Finally it works, thanks.
I had to regenerate the app password on fastmail, and the test email send is working.

Out of interest, in your custom set up of fastmail, how did you know to pick SMPT port 465?

[phenomlab]

@Panda experience, plus this

https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000279921-IMAP-POP-and-SMTP