I’m using the Lemmy ansible installation method. I’ve been trying to add sendgrid to the postfix section of the config.hjson file on my local machine. But where do I add the API key and username? I used port 587 but nothing works. Can anyone help walk me through how to integrate sendgrid into Lemmy-Ansible? Thanks!!

the email section of config.hjson looks like this, did I do this right?

  email: {
    smtp_server: "smtp.sendgrid.net:587"
    smtp_from_address: "noreply@{{ domain }}"
    tls_type: "tls"
  }

I was able to find the server location on my VPS under srv/lemmy/domain, so I can edit the lemmy.hjson file there if need be.

  • @ZMonsterOP
    2•1 year ago

    try starttls (port 587)

    😃 OMG it just worked! Thank you so much!!! You have no idea how excited I am to get my instance up and live! Here is my current lemmy.hjson after a successful ansible install:

      email: {
    smtp_server: "smtp.sendgrid.net:587"
    smtp_login: "apikey"
    smtp_password: "theActualApiKey"
    smtp_from_address: "[email protected]"
    tls_type: "starttls"
  }

    For others, I’m using digitalOcean for my VPS and sendgrid for the SMTP relay.

    • hitagi
      1•1 year ago

      Good to know! Have fun with your new instance!

      • @ZMonsterOP
        1•1 year ago

        So frustrating. I got it working for about 10 minutes. Added users, authenticated them, made posts, uploaded banner, logged in and out many times. Then it just shut down. 502: bad gateway.

        I tried to rebuild it fresh and found out that the ansible method has you request a new letsencrypt cert EVERY TIME IT RUNS. And after 5 certs, it bans your domain for 168 hrs…

        So now I have to wait until next week to try again, and I’ll only have 5 chances at getting it right.

        I keep looking at the mastodon documentation and it’s so nice. It’s complete and thorough. I just wish a Lemmy dev or literally anyone would write a better guide.

        I’m just so fucking deflated right now. Thinking of buying a new domain just so I can keep testing.