Installation Process
Yesterday/today, I installed Flarum. Everything is working fine except for emails—I am not receiving confirmation emails or test emails from the admin settings.
Initially, I tried using SMTP (Gmail) and spent five hours troubleshooting, but I couldn’t get it to work. I also attempted Mailgun, but it’s not a viable option for me since it has limitations on the number of emails I can send.
Today, I attempted to configure SMTP using my web hosting provider’s mail server (Hetzner). I contacted Hetzner support, and they told me my SMTP host is www629.your-server.de. I entered all the required details, but it’s still not working.
SMTP Configurations
Gmail SMTP Configuration (Didn't Work)
`Addresses (Default): noreply@forum.yivani.de
Outgoing Email Format: Default (Multipart)
Choose a Driver: SMTP
Host: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587
Encryption: TLS (or tsl)
Username: forum.yivani@gmail.com
Password: App Password (I tried this method; my forum account had stricter security than my main account)
`
✅ IMAP was enabled in Gmail.
However, emails still did not send.
Hetzner SMTP Configuration (Also Didn't Work)
`Addresses (Default): noreply@forum.yivani.de
Outgoing Email Format: Default (Multipart)
Choose a Driver: SMTP
Host: www629.your-server.de (also tried mail.your-server.de)
Port: 587
Encryption: TLS (or tsl)
Username: info@yivani.de
Password: Mail account password (set when creating the email)
`
Again, emails did not send
Flarum Installation Steps
I installed Flarum by first installing Composer and verifying its version:
composer --version
Then, I installed Flarum using:
composer create-project flarum/flarum . --stability=beta
It installed various dependencies, and I then installed the Extension Manager:
composer require flarum/extension-manager:"*"
Configuration File (config.php)
Here is my config.php file:
<?php return array (
'debug' => false,
'database' =>
array (
'driver' => 'mysql',
'database' => 'forum_db',
'prefix' => '',
'prefix_indexes' => true,
'host' => 'sql573.your-server.de',
'port' => 3306,
'username' => 'USERNAME',
'password' => 'PASSWORD',
'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
'engine' => 'InnoDB',
'strict' => false,
),
'url' => 'https://forum.yivani.de',
'paths' =>
array (
'api' => 'api',
'admin' => 'admin',
),
'headers' =>
array (
'poweredByHeader' => true,
'referrerPolicy' => 'same-origin',
),
'mail' =>
array (
'driver' => 'smtp',
'host' => 'www629.your-server.de',
'port' => 587,
'encryption' => 'tls',
'username' => 'info@yivani.de',
'password' => 'PASSWORD',
'from' =>
array (
'address' => 'info@yivani.de',
'name' => 'Yivani Forum',
),
),
);
Troubleshooting Steps Tried (Still Not Working)
✅ Enabled IMAP for Gmail.
✅ Tried Mailgun (not an option due to email limitations).
✅ Contacted Hetzner support and verified SMTP host settings.
✅ Attempted different configurations for TLS and SMTP hosts.
Any Suggestions on What Might Be Wrong?
If anyone has experience with Flarum SMTP configurations, I’d appreciate your help!
