SMTP for Duplicati alerts

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Hello,
I’m trying to set up e-mail alerts in Duplicati.
I’ve read an interesting thread about this topic, but I couldn’t ask my question there because the thread was closed… In particular, this post seems very useful in my case:
https://forum.duplicati.com/t/free-smtp-gmail-alternative/14073/8?u=william

However, I need to know: what have I to put in “send-mail-from” field?
Can I put a non-existing mail address?

P.S.: I’m quite sure that now sendinblue.com has become brevo.com, but this is quite uninfluent… provided I put in “send-mail-url” the correct address…

Thanks in advance

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Yep, it’s now brevo.com, but I think the old address works. I did update my configuration in any case.

For the --send-mail-from I use a bogus address but a valid domain (my personal domain). It may not work if you use a bogus domain.

Here are the options I use:

--send-mail-from=Duplicati <alerts@redacted.org>
--send-mail-level=Warning,Error,Fatal
--send-mail-password=redacted
--send-mail-subject=Duplicati %OPERATIONNAME% report for machinename-%backup-name%: %PARSEDRESULT%
--send-mail-to=My Name <me@redacted.org>
--send-mail-url=smtps://smtp-relay.brevo.com
--send-mail-username=redacted
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Many thanks for your quick answer :slightly_smiling_face:
Another question: did you have to authenticate your Brevo account by an active phone number for the SMTP to work?

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I’m not sure what you mean. I don’t recall if I had to verify by phone number when setting up the account, but I have never done that since setting it up.

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Yes, I meant the verification of the account by phone number… I’ve done it, but I’m not sure if it is necessary to simply use the SMTP (and no-one of the other functionalities Brevo may have)..