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Hi! Did you setup the EMAIL_ environment variables in AWS?
g
Yes, I have them all set
f
and do you have the exact same env with docker compose?
g
I'm running docker on an EC2 host because I just could not get things working in ECS
So I am setting the EMAIL_* settings in my docker-compose.yml
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- EMAIL_HOST=<http://smtp.gmail.com|smtp.gmail.com>
      - EMAIL_PORT=465
      - EMAIL_HOST_USER=redacted@multimediallc.com
      - EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=redacted
      - EMAIL_USE_TLS=true
      - EMAIL_ENABLED=true
f
ok, I see. What email provider are you using?
g
I've also used EMAIL_PORT=587 and tried removing that option as well
I could debug it, but I don't see how to get an actual error message
f
this is when resending an invite?
g
Yes, although presumably the initial send would fail again as well
I just did a new invite and it failed as well
f
Yeah, looks like we're swallowing the error in the back-end for invites.
I checked and the "forgot password" email error does not get swallowed, so if you logout and try resetting your password you should see something in the docker logs
g
Email server not configured
growthbook-growthbook-1  |  | Failed to send reset password email. The reset password link for <mailto:edward@multimediallc.com|edward@multimediallc.com> is:  ...
f
Ah, I see. You are missing the 
EMAIL_FROM
environment variable, which is required
We need better error messaging around email configuration
g
Error: Email server not configured\n at /usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js5419\n at Generator.next (<anonymous>)\n at /usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js871\n at new Promise (<anonymous>)\n at __awaiter (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js412)\n at sendMail (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js5212)\n at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js12015)\n at Generator.next (<anonymous>)\n at /usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js871\n at new Promise (<anonymous>)\n at __awaiter (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js412)\n at Object.sendResetPasswordEmail (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/services/email.js11612)\n at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/models/ForgotPasswordModel.js4927)\n at Generator.next (<anonymous>)\n at fulfilled (/usr/local/src/app/packages/back-end/dist/models/ForgotPasswordModel.js558)","type":"Error","msg":"Email server not configured"}
EMAIL_FROM is not listed as something to configure here: https://docs.growthbook.io/self-host/config
f
Did you set an EMAIL_FROM env variable?
f
OK, we'll update that. This is the code that checks if emails should be enabled.
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export function isEmailEnabled(): boolean {
  if (!EMAIL_ENABLED) return false;
  if (!EMAIL_HOST) return false;
  if (!EMAIL_PORT) return false;
  if (!EMAIL_HOST_USER) return false;
  if (!EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD) return false;
  if (!EMAIL_FROM) return false;

  return true;
}
g
Cool, thank you!
Now I'm getting 
Invalid login: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at 535 5.7.8 <https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials> u3sm2685671qkj.53 - gsmtp
, which I can work through.... IT has to give me this password so we might have crossed our wires
f
Sorry about the bad docs and missing error messages. I just created a GitHub issue to fix that. https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/issues/130
g
No sweat! Thanks for helping me get it working!
I was able to resolve my last error by getting an updated password from IT, so email is working now thanks!!
f
Great. We fixed that issue by improving our docs and adding errors when there is a problem sending.
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