bobn2

Thanks
- it is fixed now - when I posted that it was some people and I hadn't identified a common factor. It was all the same problem, SSL disagreements in email notifications.

Thanks rafal - that's what it was and reconfiguring the email has fixed it.

That seems to have fixed it.

Thanks for all that Rafal,
My configuration mistake was to turn on SSL. It's giving an exception saying that the SSL protocol is the wrong version when it tries to negotiate with the server.
I'm taking the site (dprevived.com) down to fix an a few minutes, so I won't need the to just turn them off. Is it credible that the email problem is also causing users to not be able to reply - or send private threads? It seemed to me that any posts involving a user lookup were liable to fail sometimes, and that email alerts were the issue.

I ended up having to make a Misago forum system live before I fully understand it all. Working rather well but two issues:
It's a vanilla Docker install.
1. Registration gives an 'unknown error' message but works. The message is putting people off.
2. Somewhat randomly people get the 'unknown error' message replying to threads - for some people it seems to happen all the time, for me randomly. Can't see mach logic to it.
I've found this thread 'misago-project.org/t/unknown-error-on-register-form/1091/' which describes the first problem, which relates to email service set-up. It's quite possible I've fouled this up. I need to go to my hosting provider to find out their email server details, but I don't know where I'g go in the Misago code to fix it. Is it possible that the post problem is related to the email too?
Edit: I find that I can't post a private thread - this suggests it is the same problem, connected to user name lookup
Edit2: I think I've got it. Email config is fouled up, leading to registration sending error message when it sends confirming email, or on password change, and on reply to post by user who has 'send email on reply' set.

Photographers amongst you will know that Amazon abruptly decided to close the larges photography site on the Web, DPReview.com. I've used Misago to power a replacement home for the community, DPRevived.com. After becoming bogged down with my first attempt using another Django forum I got it installed and running very quickly using the Docker install. Sorry, I think I'll need a lot of help from the Misago community. Major problem so far seems to be the people get error messages when registering, even though registration has worked.