I’m wondering if anyone has been successful in setting SMTP for mail delivery. I’m running Gramps Web with Docker, but I can’t seem to get mail delivery to work. I tried setting on first run, but didn’t get any email delivery either for me or for the next couple users that signed up. I also tried se…

[image] JohnRDOrazio: I’m wondering if anyone has been successful in setting SMTP for mail delivery. I’m running Gramps Web with Docker, but I can’t seem to get mail delivery to work. I tried setting on first run, but didn’t get any email delivery either for me or for the next couple users that …

I use SMTP just fine. I would not recommend gmail; getting your authentication exactly right is tricky. To be fair, I run gramps web on a Linux-based host that I have complete access to, so I can run anything I wish (for the most part). In my case, gramps web uses the SMTP setup for the hosti…

Yes, SMTP setup can be tricky with Docker. Ensure correct environment variables and server settings. Check logs in the Docker container using `docker logs. For seamless email delivery, I recommend DigitalAka—I’ve used their services, and their SMTP integration is reliable, with great support.

Here are the results I get with smtp.gmail.com on 12/28/2024 port 587 use_tls=False, result is successful email port 587 use_tls=True, result is SSLError port 465 use_tls=False, result is timeout error port 465 use_tls=True, result is successful email I believe the default is EMAIL_USE_TLS = Tr…

Hey all, struggling to get the pw reset working via smtp. I’ve eliminated several problem areas, and still getting an error. Wondering if I missed an update or something here, but in any case found this concern: In row 536 of usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/gramps_webapi/api/util.py, we ha…

Hi all I am having a similar issue with password reset email and was hoping someone can give me some tips/things to check so I can troubleshoot. Basically, the reset pw functionality is not sending emails because of authentication (log snippet below) issues but I have confirmed from the same box th…

Thanks codefarmer! I tried everything I could think of reviewing your notes, but no joy. Some of the programming is too deep for my skill set, I had wanted to see how to get to the sqllite tables, etc., but no bandwidth to dive in now. So I had to back off. I went ahead and spooled up a new serv…

[image] chrisfchb: GRAMPSWEB_EMAIL_USE_TLS: "True" (for all the 'case sensitive' discussion, I believe this is correct) Hi chrisfchb… Just curious.. what is the exact error that you are getting (from the grampsweb_celery logs). Wondering if it’s the same as me. Secondly.. This line from your …

Quick update for future folks… Looks like this question was already addressed — I must’ve missed that earlier… I made the same mistake as this post SMTP authentication error inside Docker - #4 by DavidMStraub Did not have the word HOST for username/password….. smh

Any success with SMTP?

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codefarmer October 21, 2025, 6:16pm 23

Have you seen the latter half of this thread? It may help you: How do I reset a user's password? - #7 by dercni

BTW, if you share the exact error message, someone might recognize the issue and be able to help.

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Any success with SMTP?

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