System warning Failed to send email ？

[angel2009123]

When I set the system email alarm

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Failed to send email: [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known ？
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Is there a problem?

 

[Samuel Tai]

Did you set an e-mail server under System->Email?

 

[angel2009123]

Did you set an e-mail server under System->Email?

Didn't freenas send messages to my public mail server as a client?

Need to set up email server on freenas?

 

[Heracles]

Need to set up email server on FreeNAS?

It does but you need to point it to the SMTP server to be used for that. That config is in System - Email as @Samuel Tai told you...

 

[Samuel Tai]

Are you having trouble getting TrueNAS to email you in Gmail?

Update for TrueNAS (12.x): There is now an option in System>Email settings to enable GMail OAuth. This allows account authorization via a API. Simply, this asks you to login to your Google account and to allow TrueNAS access your account and to remove the need for a special app password (this...

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