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Alert email messages won't send
Greetings, I had a (brief) mains power failure on my ReadyNAS 626X running 6.10.8, since then no status emails have been sent. Can't say I'm impressed with my UPS, but that is another matter... ...
XtheUnknown wrote:
b) Is there a lower-level log file I can check?
Yes, msmtp.log for one.
If you use gmail, there were some policy changes there a couple of months ago. Google deprecated the "less secure apps" option, so you need to switch to an app-specific password. They will require you to enable two-factor-authentication if you do this.
XtheUnknown wrote:
b) Is there a lower-level log file I can check?
Yes, msmtp.log for one.
If you use gmail, there were some policy changes there a couple of months ago. Google deprecated the "less secure apps" option, so you need to switch to an app-specific password. They will require you to enable two-factor-authentication if you do this.
Thanks Stephen - That pointed me in the right direction. FYI for others:
The msmtp.log file had got quite large with many entries for failed attempts to send an email via GMail. The error returned by gmail was: "530-5.7.0. envelope from address XXXXXXXX@gmail.com not accepted by the server"
As you said, Google have updated their security requirements (since the last NAS restart 40+ days ago) and once I'd set up 2FA on the NAS's email account I could generate an app-specific password which was accepted. This is good to know for my other devices too!
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