Cannot configure SMTP mail server - no errors in logs

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to configure a mail server in my Vikunja instance deployed using Docker. The mail server is from OVH, and I have successfully configured it in other applications.

The configuration that I have in my docker-compose file is as follows:

services:
  vikunja:
    image: vikunja/vikunja
    environment:
      VIKUNJA_SERVICE_PUBLICURL: https://vikunja.domain.com
      VIKUNJA_DATABASE_HOST: db
      VIKUNJA_DATABASE_PASSWORD: password
      VIKUNJA_DATABASE_TYPE: mysql
      VIKUNJA_DATABASE_USER: vikunja
      VIKUNJA_DATABASE_DATABASE: vikunja
      VIKUNJA_SERVICE_JWTSECRET: supersecret
      VIKUNJA_SERVICE_TIMEZONE: Europe/Madrid
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_ENABLED: true
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_HOST: ssl0.ovh.net
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_PORT: 465
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_USERNAME: <mail_address>
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_PASSWORD: <mail_pwd>
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_FROMEMAIL: <mail_address>
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_FORCESSL: true
      VIKUNJA_MAILER_SKIPTLSVERIFY: false
      VIKUNJA_LOG_MAIL: stdout
      VIKUNJA_LOG_MAILLEVEL: debug
    ports:
      - 3456:3456
    volumes:
      - ./files:/app/vikunja/files
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    restart: unless-stopped
  db:
    image: mariadb:10
    command: --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: supersecret
      MYSQL_USER: vikunja
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
      MYSQL_DATABASE: vikunja
    volumes:
      - ./db:/var/lib/mysql
    restart: unless-stopped
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "mysqladmin ping -h localhost -u $$MYSQL_USER --password=$$MYSQL_PASSWORD"]
      interval: 2s
      start_period: 30s

When I try to send an email using the testmail script ( docker exec -it vikunja-vikunja-1 /app/vikunja/vikunja testmail destination@domain.com ), I get the following output:

2024-11-10T16:49:49Z: INFO      ▶ 001 No config file found, using default or config from environment variables.
2024-11-10T16:49:49Z: INFO      ▶ 002 Sending testmail...
2024-11-10T16:49:50.07665279Z: DEBUG    ▶ [MAIL] 003 EHLO c5ec860a19bb
2024-11-10T16:49:50.104433395Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 004 250 OVH SMTP PROXY Hello
SIZE 104857600
ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
8BITMIME
2024-11-10T16:49:50.10453384Z: DEBUG    ▶ [MAIL] 005 NOOP
2024-11-10T16:49:50.13187952Z: DEBUG    ▶ [MAIL] 006 250 Requested mail action okay, completed
2024-11-10T16:49:50.132035841Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 007 AUTH PLAIN 4865834675jhg45jh3g5j34gh5j35
2024-11-10T16:49:50.463843415Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 008 235 2.7.0 Authentication successful
2024-11-10T16:49:50.463870381Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 009 NOOP
2024-11-10T16:49:50.490691666Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 00a 250 Requested mail action okay, completed
2024-11-10T16:49:50.490759478Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 00b MAIL FROM:<destination@domain.com> BODY=8BITMIME
2024-11-10T16:49:50.667875391Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 00c 250 2.1.0 Ok
2024-11-10T16:49:50.667985818Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 00d RCPT TO:<destination@domain.com>
2024-11-10T16:49:50.737984754Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 00e 250 2.1.5 Ok
2024-11-10T16:49:50.73806366Z: DEBUG    ▶ [MAIL] 00f DATA
2024-11-10T16:49:50.86755389Z: DEBUG    ▶ [MAIL] 010 354 OK
2024-11-10T16:49:50.954093908Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 011 NOOP
2024-11-10T16:49:50.981127061Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 012 250 Requested mail action okay, completed
2024-11-10T16:49:50.981214909Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 013 RSET
2024-11-10T16:49:51.033873767Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 014 250 2.0.0 Ok
2024-11-10T16:49:51.033998131Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 015 NOOP
2024-11-10T16:49:51.061074034Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 016 250 Requested mail action okay, completed
2024-11-10T16:49:51.06115854Z: DEBUG    ▶ [MAIL] 017 NOOP
2024-11-10T16:49:51.087974311Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 018 250 Requested mail action okay, completed
2024-11-10T16:49:51.088063512Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 019 QUIT
2024-11-10T16:49:51.115522702Z: DEBUG   ▶ [MAIL] 01a 221 domain.com Service closing transmission channel
2024-11-10T16:49:51Z: INFO      ▶ 01b Testmail successfully sent.

But the email never arrives. Do you have any idea of what am I doing wrong?

Thank you :slight_smile:

2

Is there anything in your Mailserver’s logs?

3

I cannot check it, the mail server is from OVH and I cannot see the logs :frowning:

¿Maybe it has something to do with the NOOP command that is being sent by Vikunja just after the mail body? Maybe that is “aborting” the sending process on the server side (?)

4

Maybe, but then it should report something along those lines.

Does it work with an unstable build? There have recently been changes to the way the testmail is sent.

5

I tested the other day and it did not work. Today, it has worked.
Thank you :slight_smile: