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XtheUnknown
Oct 22, 2022Apprentice
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... ...
- Oct 22, 2022
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.
aprosnyak
Dec 05, 2023Tutor
Try this.
1. SSH to your NAS
2. Goto /etc/frontview, delete (or move elsewhere) files .oauth2-vault-email.json and alert.conf
3. Re-login to your email account in Settings-Alerts
4. Enjoy ))
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