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How to configure Ghost transactional emails with Docker Compose ENV variables

If you are getting errors in Ghost running on Docker when signing up for a new user, adjust your ENV variables to get rid of a couple of variables

Stefano Garavelli

Stefano Garavelli

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How to configure Ghost transactional emails with Docker Compose ENV variables

I struggled with this for a few more hours than I wanted to spend on it, so let me save you some time and get straight to the solution to errors in Ghost when users sign up for a user on your Ghost blog.The Docker Ghost container comes with a few mail options ENV variables that need to be adjusted for SMTP email sending to work with Mailgun or AWS SES:

mail__options__auth__pass
mail__options__auth__user
mail__options__host smtp.eu.mailgun.org
mail__options__port: 587
mail__transport: SMTP

These are the only required ENV variables to get Ghost setup with SMTP transactional emails on Mailgun EU. The same goes for AWS SES adjusting the sending host accordingly.

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Beyond Individual Blame. Systemic Solutions

Beyond Individual Blame. Systemic Solutions

The recent revelations about high-level government officials accidentally sharing sensitive military information through Signal highlight a critical intersection of personal responsibility and systemic security vulnerabilities. 404 rightly emphasizes individual accountability, but overlooks two crucial protective strategies: multi-person authentication and comprehensive federal regulations on secure communications. One fundamental defense against human

By Stefano Garavelli