After several hours, reviewing several (long) forum threads, reading the documentation of both Duplicati and Gmail, I managed to successfully configure my instance to Duplicati to send backup reports. I thought I’d post my configuration here in hopes of saving others the time.
Version: 2.2.0.3 - 2.2.0.3_stable_2026-01-06
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) x86_64
Settings>Advanced Options:
- Email sender: ***@gmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmailgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.comgmail.com
- Email recipient(s): *@*.***
- The email subject: “Duplicati %OPERATIONNAME% report for %backup-name%”
- SMTP url: smtp.gmail.com:587/?starttls=always
- SMTP Pas@gmail.comame@gmail.comameMTPTPword: *** (G@gmail.comamea@gma@gmail.coml.comamel App@gmail.comPasswords)
- @gmail.comameMTP User@gmail.co@gmail.comame: ***@gmail.com
- Send messages for all operations - ON
- The messages to send: all
- Use legacy restore method - ON