Pixelfed activation e-mail does not work

[lubi]

What type of hardware are you using: VPS bought online
What YunoHost version are you running: 12.0.17 (stable)
What app is this about: Pixelfed

Describe your issue

Hello everyone!
I installed Pixelfed on my Yunohost instance today and spent a lot of time trying to understand why the activation email didn’t work. It was a fresh install.

I created the first account via the interface, but I didn’t receive an email to validate the address. I tried with a second, different account, same problem. There are no errors in the interface, just a page saying that the email has been sent or is waiting for validation.
I see on Github that some issues related to this have been resolved in the past, I’ve also seen something on this forum, but it doesn’t seem to be related.
Is this being blocked by my server provider(Hetzner) or domain register (Infomaniak)? Do I need to change something in the Pixelfed code to activate the email sending? I don’t understand how to send emails from this application.

In the end, I updated the user in the database by inserting a datetime into the email_verified_at field so that I could start using it but if I start sharing the instance with family and friends, they won’t be able to register.

Thanks for your help!

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[FatherMcGruder]

I don’t think the Pixelfed Yunohost application works with email yet. If you go to the Pixelfed application page in your Yunohost administration, there are instructions to follow to get around the email not working. Just scroll down to the ‘Administration’ section.

[lubi]

Hi there. I’ve just checked the pixelfed application page like you said and saw that they have this option of manual validation in the admin UI, tab Moderation, and by using a command. I’ve set the .env variable to not do email verification. But although the artisan command works fine, I can’t validate it in the admin UI as the doc says. Although there’s red text on the profile page saying that the email hasn’t been validated (Unverified), the moderation tab just says “No email verification requests found!”

But I just saw that Hetzner blocks sending emails in my plan, so it won’t be possible to send emails anyway, unless I request a special authorisation

Thanks for your reply!