The courier configuration you provided will override the default recovery email templates in Ory Kratos. Here's how it works: 1. The

smtp

section sets up the SMTP server that Ory Kratos will use to send emails. The

connection_uri

is the connection string to your SMTP server, and

from_name

is the name that will appear as the sender of the emails. 2. The

templates

section defines the email templates that Ory Kratos will use when sending recovery emails. The

recovery

key has two subkeys:

invalid

and

valid

, each representing the email templates for invalid and valid recovery scenarios respectively. 3. Each of these subkeys (

invalid

and

valid

) has an

email

key, which further has a

body

key. The

body

key contains

html

and

plaintext

fields, which are the HTML and plaintext versions of the email body. These fields should contain Base64-encoded strings of your custom email templates. If you provide these configurations, Ory Kratos will use these custom templates instead of the default ones when sending recovery emails. If the system can't use the custom templates, it falls back to the built-in templates or to the

template_override_path

(if specified) [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-hosted/mail-courier-templates#configuration). Please note that the Base64-encoded strings should be prefixed with

base64://

[source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/emails-sms/custom-email-templates#using-custom-message-templates).

Yes, you're correct. The configuration you provided is for the recovery email templates, not the verification ones. In Ory Kratos, recovery and verification are two separate processes, each with their own email templates. - Recovery is the process where a user can recover their account if they've forgotten their password. The recovery email typically contains a recovery code or a recovery link that the user can use to reset their password. - Verification, on the other hand, is the process where a user verifies their email address or phone number. The verification email typically contains a verification code or a verification link. The configuration you provided will only affect the recovery emails. If you want to customize the verification emails as well, you would need to provide a similar configuration under the

verification

key in the

templates

section. Here's an example: ```yaml courier: smtp: connection_uri: smtps://test:test@mailslurper:1025/?skip_ssl_verify=true from_name: MyProject via Ory templates: recovery: invalid: email: body: html: base64://QWxsIHByYWlzZSBpcyBmb3IgQWxsYWgsIHBsZWFzZSB2ZXJpZnkgeW91ciBhY2NvdW50IGJ5IGNsaWNraW5nIHRoZSBmb2xsb3dpbmcgbGluazp7eyAuUmVjb3ZlcnlDb2RlIH19Cgo8YSBocmVmPSJ7eyAuUmVjb3ZlcnlDb2RlIH19Ij57eyAuUmVjb3ZlcnlDb2RlIH19PC9hPg== plaintext: base64://SGksIHBsZWFzZSByZWNvdmVyIGFjY2VzcyB0byB5b3VyIGFjY291bnQgYnkgZW50ZXJpbmcgdGhlIGZvbGxvd2luZyBjb2RlOnt7LlJlY292ZXJ5Q29kZX19Cg== valid: email: body: html: base64://QWxsIHByYWlzZSBpcyBmb3IgQWxsYWgsIHBsZWFzZSB2ZXJpZnkgeW91ciBhY2NvdW50IGJ5IGNsaWNraW5nIHRoZSBmb2xsb3dpbmcgbGluazp7eyAuUmVjb3ZlcnlDb2RlIH19Cgo8YSBocmVmPSJ7eyAuUmVjb3ZlcnlDb2RlIH19Ij57eyAuUmVjb3ZlcnlDb2RlIH19PC9hPg== plaintext: base64://QWxsIHByYWlzZSBpcyBmb3IgQWxsYWgsIHBsZWFzZSByZWNvdmVyIGFjY2VzcyB0byB5b3VyIGFjY291bnQgYnkgZW50ZXJpbmcgdGhlIGZvbGxvd2luZyBjb2RlOnt7LlJlY292ZXJ5Q29kZX19Cg== verification: invalid: email: body: html: <base64-encoded HTML

To override the existing recovery template in the

email.body.gotmpl

file, you need to provide the new template in the configuration file (

config.yml

). Here's how you can do it: 1. Encode your new template to Base64. You can use the command

echo "Your custom template" | base64

or an online tool like https://www.base64encode.org/. 2. Add your Base64-encoded custom template to the

config.yml

file under the

courier

key. Make sure to prefix the encoded template with

base64://

. Here's an example:

yaml courier:     template_override_path: /conf/courier-template     templates:       recovery:         valid:           email:             body:               html: <base64://ENCODED_HTML_TEMPLATE>               plaintext: <base64://ENCODED_PLAINTEXT_TEMPLATE>

Replace

ENCODED_HTML_TEMPLATE

and

ENCODED_PLAINTEXT_TEMPLATE

with your Base64-encoded templates. 3. Save the

config.yml

file and restart Ory Kratos. This will override the existing recovery template in the

email.body.gotmpl

file with your new template. If the system can't use the custom templates, it falls back to the built-in templates or to the

template_override_path

(if specified) [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-hosted/mail-courier-templates#configuration).

The

template_override_path

you provided seems to be pointing directly to a specific template file (

email.body.gotmpl

). However, the

template_override_path

should point to the root directory where all your custom templates are located, not a specific file. Here's how you can correct it: 1. Move your custom templates to a specific directory. For example, you can create a directory named

custom_templates

and place all your custom templates there. 2. Set the

template_override_path

to point to this directory. Here's an example:

yaml courier:     smtp:     connection_uri: <smtps://test:test@mailslurper:1025/?skip_ssl_verify=true>     from_name: MyProject via Ory   template_override_path: C:\Users\DLL\Documents\GitHub\kratos\courier\template\custom_templates

3. Save the

config.yml

file and restart Ory Kratos. Now, Ory Kratos will look for the custom templates in the

custom_templates

directory. If it can't find a custom template for a specific email, it will fall back to the built-in templates [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-hosted/mail-courier-templates#configuration). Also, ensure that your custom templates are correctly structured. For example, the recovery email templates should be located at

<template-root>/recovery/valid

and

<template-root>/recovery/invalid

[source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-hosted/mail-courier-templates#configuration).

The

template_override_path

you provided seems to be pointing to the built-in templates directory. If you want to use custom templates, you should create a separate directory for them and point

template_override_path

to that directory. Here's how you can do it: 1. Create a new directory for your custom templates. For example, you can create a directory named

custom_templates

in the

template

directory. 2. Place your custom templates in this new directory. Make sure to follow the correct structure. For example, the recovery email templates should be located at

<template-root>/recovery/valid

and

<template-root>/recovery/invalid

. 3. Set the

template_override_path

to point to this new directory. Here's an example:

yaml courier:     template_override_path: C:\Users\DLL\Documents\GitHub\kratos\courier\template\custom_templates

4. Save the

config.yml

file and restart Ory Kratos. Now, Ory Kratos will look for the custom templates in the

custom_templates

directory. If it can't find a custom template for a specific email, it will fall back to the built-in templates [source](https://www.ory.sh/docs/kratos/self-hosted/mail-courier-templates#configuration).