the notify.Alex under services disappears!, it seems that when I add the line server: smtp.gmail.com is when the entry for notify.Alex under services no longer shows up.
I have the App installed on my phone, so under services, there is a notify.mobile_app_p028 and when I test a sample payload such as:
{
"message": "Test"
}
It works perfectly and I receive the notification on my phone, but the moment I add the line server: smtp.gmail.com and fill in the rest of the info such as the ports and username/pass, the entry for notify.Alex just disappears from services and I restarted HA multiple times but still nothing.
I’m running the latest version of Home Assistant on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.
Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated it. Thanks!
Hi, yup I enabled 3rd party apps on that google gmail account and there are no errors in the log. The problem is that the moment I add the line
server: smtp.gmail.com
the notify.Alex disappears from services. So its not even getting to the point where it tries to connect to Gmail and there is an error, it simply just disappears. Other people were reporting the same thing happening and it just started appearing to them again but they’re not sure what did it. I was hopping that someone can tell me what causes this and and how can it be solved?
Yup, did a combination of all that but still nothing, not only that but I restarted not just HA but the entire server, a complete cold reboot multiple times. Nothing.
I have registered just for this topping, I have been struggling with this 4 hours now. I know its 2 years late but maybe someone will find this helpfull.
All you have to do is put your password in double quotes as it is a string :D.
Good luck.
I am having the same issue and I already have password in double quotes, but it is exactly what op was experiencing. As soon as I remove smtp.gmail.com the notify.xxx works but when I add it back the notify.xxx disappears.
Update: I had to use app password from google to get it to work
As posted in what seems to be a similar thread “smtp no longer shows up as a service”
I also am having this exact problem, is there any resolution?
I have upgraded to version 2022.9.5 and after that the notify.xxx is no longer visible. I have my own mail server that I am trying to connect to, but like the above the service is not visible to be used