I am new at OpenHAB and tried to use the Mail Action but always get an error.
Example:
sendMail("xxx@t-online.de", “test”, “test”)
Error Message
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `“xxx@t-online.de”,’
Any hint how to solve this problem?
Have you configured your mail.cfg file?
sure:
######################## Mail Action configuration ####################################
The SMTP server hostname
hostname=securesmtp.t-online.de
the SMTP port to use (optional, defaults to 25 (resp. 587 for TLS))
port=587
the username and password if the SMTP server requires authentication
password=xxxxxxxx
The email address to use for sending mails
set to “true”, if TLS should be used for the connection
(optional, defaults to false)
tls=true
set to “true”, if SSL negotiation should occur on connection
do not use both tls=true and ssl=true
(optional, defaults to false)
ssl=false
set to “true”, if POP before SMTP (another authentication mechanism)
should be enabled. Username and Password are taken from the above
configuration (optional, default to false)
popbeforesmtp=false
If all the above is correct try adding a space in the message between the , and " like:
sendMail("xxx@t-online.de", “test”, “test”)
It’s a syntax error and everything else looks good.
hmmm - there is a space between the , and the " in my sendMail statement.
your sendMail is the same like mine.
Please, whenever posting code snippets, configurations or logs, put them in code fences. There is a big difference between
sendMail("xxx@t-online.de", “test”, “test”)
and
sendMail("xxx@t-online.de", "test", "test")
and there is no chance to find these errors - or even to eliminate these typos from the list of suspect.
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sorry I am a greenhorn – now with code fences:
sendMail("xxx@t-online.de", "test", "test")
Udo is hinting that you need to pay attention to your quote marks, things that look alike may not work alike
sendMail("xxx@t-online.de", "test", "test")
Note the different highlighting colours using code fencing