Default mail settings in .env do not work out of the box

[themancalledjakob]

Describe the bug

Default mail settings in .env do not work out of the box.

Context

• Hardware: Old laptop or computer
• YunoHost version: 11.2
• I have access to my server: Through SSH | through the webadmin | direct access via keyboard / screen | ...
• Are you in a special context or did you perform some particular tweaking on your YunoHost instance?: no

Steps to reproduce

sudo yunohost app install pixelfed

1. Go to pixelfed instance with browser
2. Create a new user and ask to send confirmation email
3. “Something went wrong” - page opens

Expected behavior

Send confirmation email instead.

Proposal

Afaik there are two ways to solve this issue.

Option 1 - using sendmail

Either the default .env could be adjusted like so: https://github.com/themancalledjakob/pixelfed_ynh/blob/fix-mail-sendmail/conf/.env#L87

Option 2 - smtp with dedicated system user PR

or, the settings could be updated to fit in the new way of connecting apps with the mailserver as described here Which would probably be done like this: https://github.com/themancalledjakob/pixelfed_ynh/blob/fix-mail-smtp/manifest.toml#L45 and https://github.com/themancalledjakob/pixelfed_ynh/blob/fix-mail-smtp/conf/.env#L86-L94

the second option seems more elegant to me, as it follows yunohost instructions, possibly more future proof. the settings would have to be verified though, in my changes i am not sure whether port 25 or 587should be set. with the correct settings, i think this would be the way to go though.

@lapineige what do you think?

[themancalledjakob]

btw, i'm testing a fresh install with smtp via dedicated system user config right now to make sure it works

[lapineige]

Solved.