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Hello

I have setup the notifications in the downloads section, and have tested the login details on a 3rd party email testing system and validated the details are correct.

I am using port 25 non SSL, and have entered valid credentials that work fine.

I am not receiving any emails and nor is anything registering in the sent items of the email account being used.

Any idea the best way of diagnosing the cause?

Im running latest x64 release and have Python 2.7 x86 runtimes installed.

Thanks

Hi
I am having the same issue.

The issue is the mail provider. I had this exact same problem and tried with a bunch of different providers to troubleshoot.

Mail providers are trying to lock down spam and generally won't allow you to send automated emails from applications with 'regular' sign in credentials.

I've had email notifications set up for months now with no issues, it will take a little set up, but once complete, will run perfectly and won't require you to lift a finger later.

Step 1
Set up a Gmail account and call it whatever you like. For example you can call it [email protected], once set up (for the sake of neatness) add that email address as a contact on your main account where you'll get the notifications and call it 'DL Notification' or whatever you like. Saves you having to see the full email address everytime you get a notification, instead you'll just see DL Notification! Also, add the address to the safe senders list on your main account so they don't get flagged as spam if you receive a whole lot of notifications.

Step 2
Then, back on Gmail, set up 2 factor authentication (you HAVE to do this for it to work). Once set up you can now generate an application password. Copy this into a notepad as most mail providers now only show this once.

Step 3
Next, get the SMTP details for gmail, you can google it to find them. I think it's just smtp.gmail.com and add that to qbittorrent. Be sure to check 'This server requires a secure connction SSL'.

Step 4
Lastly add the gmail email account under authentication, then add your App Password, NOT your normal one.

As Gmail is able to see that this is a trusted application, because of the app password, it will allow the emails to flow, rather than flagging them as unsafe and automatically stopping them with no notification.

This should do the trick for you, I've had my notifications set up exactly like this for a while and haven't had any issues. You should be able to use this with any other mail provider that will allow you to set up 2 factor authentication and application passwords. I only went with gmail because it was the easiest.

Hmm, I tried this and still not working for me

I'm sorry to hear that, I thought for sure this would do the trick.

The only thing I can suggest at this stage is that basic troubleshooting steps, reinstall qbittorrent, remove all email settings and reinput them etc.