Rocket.chat: Set STMP settings. Get "set the MAIL_URL environment variable" when attempting send

Created on 11 Mar 2016 · 7Comments · Source: RocketChat/Rocket.Chat

Your Rocket.Chat version: 0.21.0

Deployed to Heroku. Set up smtp details in Settings > SMTP. But get error in logs "set the MAIL_URL environment variable". Any advice appreciated.

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Can we update the documentation about this at https://rocket.chat/docs/administrator-guides/email/? I feel like that's probably doing more harm than good at this point.

Perhaps for now, there should be something in the SMTP settings section that advises you to restart your server after configuring the SMTP settings.

alexweissman on 23 Jul 2016

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I'm seeing the same issue.

andrewmartin00 on 11 Mar 2016

This is a problem with how Meteor sends e-mail. Let's try and make a PR for meteor to allow changing the SMTP server after a mail has been sent. Meteor's issue: https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/4323

marceloschmidt on 17 Mar 2016

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For now, if you restart your server after making changes, it should work.

marceloschmidt on 18 Mar 2016

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Let's see if Meteor accepts our PR https://github.com/meteor/meteor/pull/6698

marceloschmidt on 4 Apr 2016

Can we update the documentation about this at https://rocket.chat/docs/administrator-guides/email/? I feel like that's probably doing more harm than good at this point.

Perhaps for now, there should be something in the SMTP settings section that advises you to restart your server after configuring the SMTP settings.

alexweissman on 23 Jul 2016

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@alexweissman can you do a PR to update the documentation at https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Docs/blob/master/5.%20Administrator%20Guides/Email/README.md ?