Hi! I’ve installed on my server, on production, last version of Ghost, with docker compose. On my .env file I’ve this: mail__transport=SMTP mail__options__from=my@email.it mail__options__host=smtp.provider.com mail__options__port=465 mail__options__secure=true mail__options__auth__user=serge…

Hey Sergio, I ran into the same warning before, and in my case, Ghost wasn’t recognizing the mail.from setting—even though it looked fine in my .env file. What fixed it for me was double-checking the key name to make sure it was exactly correct, restarting the Ghost container so it would reload the…

Mail from mandatory?

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GGAlanSmithee September 16, 2025, 6:56pm 2

I also have this exact same issue, self-hosted with coolify. just posted in Unable to log in as admin - #13 by GGAlanSmithee

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