Configuring email connections

amray77 · January 23, 2022, 8:19pm

New User here — I have OPENHAB running on my RPi 4 and generally the functionality is behaving. However, I have been unable to get email connections to behave. I have added the binding, added SMTP Server item, but try as I may, I am unable to successfully connect email.

I have a light that is configured and operational (for on/off). I have attempted to add a rule to send a notification when the status changes from On to Off (also tried the other way). The logs indicate the rule has triggered, but I get this message:
[ERROR] [internal.handler.ScriptActionHandler] - Script execution of rule with UID ‘c7156a0a16’ failed: var notifications = ___ Java.type(‘org.openhab.io.openhabcloud.NotificationAction’);

The thing shows a status of online.

This is the rule that raises the aforementioned error.:

configuration: {}
triggers:
** - id: “1”**
** configuration:**
** command: ON**
** itemName: FloorLight**
** type: core.ItemCommandTrigger**
conditions: []
actions:
** - inputs: {}**
** id: “3”**
** configuration:**
** type: application/vnd.openhab.dsl.rule**
** script: >**
** var notifications =**
** Java.type(‘org.openhab.io.openhabcloud.NotificationAction’);**

** notifications.sendNotification(‘adena@moretrees.world’,‘This is a test’);**
** type: script.ScriptAction**

I am sure that I have something misconfigured, but I haven’t found a good set of (beginner) instructions to properly configure it and/or properly trigger it. Any advise is greatly appreciated.

Wolfgang_S · January 23, 2022, 8:50pm

sendNotification is not sending a SMTP email. It is about pushing a notification via the app.
To send an email you need to use one of these actions: Mail - Bindings | openHAB that are made available via the mail binding.

amray77 · January 23, 2022, 9:48pm

I have my mail binding set up, but see no way to trigger it.

UID: mail:smtp:0d5ea03e0a
label: SMTP Server
thingTypeUID: mail:smtp
configuration:
hostname: moretrees.world
password: xxxxx
security: STARTTLS
port: “587”
sender: admin@moretrees.world
username: admin
location: Universal

Clearly, I am off track. I created the SMTP binding, it shows online, but no channels.
I am now trying to call it, but whenever I find examples to mimic, none of them work. If somebody can get me started, I am sure i can figure out where I have gone sideways.

The email server is on the same box (it is a citadel server). The email does work, I have tested SMTP. I can send email from other computers using the smtp configuration.

I did set up several items (again, found samples online). These make no sense to me at this point…so I do not know if they are correct or another red herring.

I tried several methods of scripts/rules but none of them behave. Blockly offers a “send email notification”, I have also tried JS.

Spinning my wheels at this point…

jimv1000 · January 23, 2022, 11:29pm

This works for me. I trigger the DSL rule when an a server goes offline.

var String statusString = "Offline, not seen in over 10 minutes"
val eventTime = triggeringItem.lastUpdate("mapdb") 

val mailActions = getActions("mail","mail:smtp:7edd26b383")

mailActions.sendMail("XXXXXXX", triggeringItem.name, triggeringItem.name + statusString + eventTime.toString )
mailActions.sendMail("YYYYYYY", triggeringItem.name, triggeringItem.name + statusString + eventTime.toString )

logInfo("Device offline rule","Messsage sent")

vMailActionsEnabled.sendCommand(OFF)

Mail thing code:

UID: mail:smtp:6555a781b4
label: Mail - SMTP Server
thingTypeUID: mail:smtp
configuration:
  hostname: smtp.gmail.com
  password: WWWWWWWWWWW
  security: SSL
  sender: nYYYYY@YYY.us
  username: XXXXXXX@gmail.com

amray77 · January 24, 2022, 12:06am

THANK YOU! Not there yet but progress…

Current Error:
2022-01-23 16:00:09.864 [ERROR] [internal.handler.ScriptActionHandler] - Script execution of rule with UID ‘c7156a0a16’ failed: :1:11 Expected ; but found statusString
var String statusString = “Light turned on”
^ in at line number 1 at column number 11

Code:
var String statusString = “Light turned on”
val eventTime = triggeringItem.lastUpdate(“Floor Light”)

val mailActions = getActions(“mail”,“mail:smtp:0d5ea03e0a”)

mailActions.sendMail(“adena@moretrees.world”, triggeringItem.name, triggeringItem.name + statusString + eventTime.toString )
mailActions.sendMail(“adena@moretrees.world”, triggeringItem.name, triggeringItem.name + statusString + eventTime.toString )

logInfo(“Device offline rule”,“Messsage sent”)

vMailActionsEnabled.sendCommand(OFF)

Something must be wrong with my syntax…

amray77 · January 24, 2022, 12:49am

Progress!
I am now getting this error message:
==> /var/log/openhab/openhab.log <==
2022-01-23 16:39:08.936 [WARN ] [ab.binding.mail.internal.SMTPHandler] - Sending the email to the following server failed : moretrees.world:587
2022-01-23 16:39:08.937 [WARN ] [ab.binding.mail.internal.SMTPHandler] - javax.mail.MessagingException: Could not convert socket to TLS;

I am confused because I have my SMTP Server set for STARTTLS, compared the settings to an SMTP connection that is working and found no difference. Please advise…

jimv1000 · January 24, 2022, 2:45am

Do you have an SMTP server such as: ssmtp installed on your Raspberry Pi? This link is for ssmtp which I have used for a while. Apparently it is no longer maintained but the link shows other options. It will do the forwarding to your email server.

amray77 · January 24, 2022, 3:35am

I do not have a SSMTP server, but I do have a SMTP server installed (and operational). If I use SSMTP, do I need to create another THING for it, or how do I point at this alternate method?

When I linked Thunderbird mail client and hooked it to my RPi email server, I did need to add a certificate exception (or something to that effect) before it would connect. Could I be running into the same thing…and if so, how would I go about addressing it?

Thanks so much for all the assistance.

Wolfgang_S · January 24, 2022, 4:25am

Use port 25 and STARTTLS.