Activity app floods log with repeating warnings

technout · May 17, 2023, 7:13pm

Is there a way to suppress the warnings from the activity app? Activity tries to send e-mails (which i don’t want and never configured).
In the activity settings (/index.php/settings/admin/activity) only push notifications are on, and some greyed-out e-mail notification checkboxes, which i unfortunately cannot turn off in this settings page.

Log get filled every few minutes with the same warnings, this is not workable for detecting any other issues. How do i turn these e-mail could not be sent warnings off?

Nextcloud version: 25.0.6
Operating system and version: Ubuntu 22.04
Apache or nginx version: Apache 2.4.25
PHP version: 8.0

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

Warning	activity	Failed sending activity email to user 'username'.	
2 minuten geleden
Error	activity	Swift_TransportException: Connection could not be established with host 127.0.0.1 :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:25 (Connection refused)

    <<closure>>

    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->{closure}("*** sensiti ... *")

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php - line 264:

    stream_socket_client()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php - line 58:

    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->establishSocketConnection()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/AbstractSmtpTransport.php - line 143:

    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Mailer.php - line 65:

    Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->start()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/lib/private/Mail/Mailer.php - line 191:

    Swift_Mailer->send()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/apps/activity/lib/MailQueueHandler.php - line 415:

    OC\Mail\Mailer->send()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/apps/activity/lib/MailQueueHandler.php - line 165:

    OCA\Activity\MailQueueHandler->sendEmailToUser()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/apps/activity/lib/BackgroundJob/EmailNotification.php - line 61:

    OCA\Activity\MailQueueHandler->sendEmails()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/lib/private/BackgroundJob/Job.php - line 54:

    OCA\Activity\BackgroundJob\EmailNotification->run()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/lib/private/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php - line 60:

    OC\BackgroundJob\Job->execute()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/cron.php - line 152:

    OC\BackgroundJob\TimedJob->execute()

	
2 minuten geleden
Warning	activity	Failed sending activity email to user 'username'.	
7 minuten geleden
Error	activity	Swift_TransportException: Connection could not be established with host 127.0.0.1 :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:25 (Connection refused)	
7 minuten geleden
Warning	activity	Failed sending activity email to user 'username'.	
12 minuten geleden
Error	activity	Swift_TransportException: Connection could not be established with host 127.0.0.1 :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:25 (Connection refused)

    <<closure>>

    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->{closure}("*** sensiti ... *")

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php - line 264:

    stream_socket_client()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php - line 58:

    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->establishSocketConnection()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/AbstractSmtpTransport.php - line 143:

    Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/3rdparty/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Mailer.php - line 65:

    Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->start()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/lib/private/Mail/Mailer.php - line 191:

    Swift_Mailer->send()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/apps/activity/lib/MailQueueHandler.php - line 415:

    OC\Mail\Mailer->send()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/apps/activity/lib/MailQueueHandler.php - line 165:

    OCA\Activity\MailQueueHandler->sendEmailToUser()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/apps/activity/lib/BackgroundJob/EmailNotification.php - line 61:

    OCA\Activity\MailQueueHandler->sendEmails()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/lib/private/BackgroundJob/Job.php - line 54:

    OCA\Activity\BackgroundJob\EmailNotification->run()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/lib/private/BackgroundJob/TimedJob.php - line 60:

    OC\BackgroundJob\Job->execute()

    /snap/nextcloud/34542/htdocs/cron.php - line 152:

    OC\BackgroundJob\TimedJob->execute()

	
12 minuten geleden
Warning	activity	Failed sending activity email to user 'username'.	
17 minuten geleden
Error	activity	Swift_TransportException: Connection could not be established with host 127.0.0.1 :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:25 (Connection refused)	
17 minuten geleden

Edit: i did try earlier to set email frequency to weekly with this command:

occ activity:send-mails weekly
But after 2 days, still the logs are flooding with the same warnings…

jtr · May 25, 2023, 1:27am

Go vote (i.e. give it a ) on this GitHub issue:

github.com/nextcloud/server

Option to disable email functionality (including warnings about it not being setup)

opened 07:04AM - 07 Apr 23 UTC

luxzg

enhancement 0. Needs triage

### How to use GitHub * Please use the 👍 [reaction](https://blog.github.com/2016-03-10-add-reactions-to-pull-requests-issues-and-comments/) to show that you are interested into the same feature. * Please don't comment if you have no relevant information to add. It's just extra noise for everyone subscribed to this issue. * Subscribe to receive notifications on status change and new comments. **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** I don't use and don't want to use "email" features of the Nextcloud. So I have not set up email. But that means that I will always have a warning about not setting it up, and my log file will always be spammed by `Undefined array key "mail_smtpauthtype" at /var/www/nextcloud/apps/settings/templates/settings/admin/additional-mail.php#132` and similar. **Describe the solution you'd like** Simple option in `config.php` to disable email altogether. It can be something like: `'mail_smtpmode' => 'none',` or `'mail_smtpmode' => 'disabled',` or can be similar to other such disable functions like trashbin and "versions", or maybe "previews": `'enable_mail' => false,` or `'mail_enable' => false,` Defaults should still be for email to be enabled, just an option to disable it to exist. **Describe alternatives you've considered** Not setting up email settings. Which works, and I see nothing missing in my functionality. I can get notifications in web app and on mobile app. But it's annoying to constantly be reminded about the fact it's not setup, as if Nextcloud will suddenly explode in 30 days unless it's fixed. **Additional context** Nothing comes to my mind. Excet that I'm fed up with notification email spam from hundreds of apps and vendors throughout my work, don't want more, want less (or none).

That’s part of how developers understand which issues to prioritize.

jtr · May 25, 2023, 1:46am

You might find a solution configuring smtp-sink:

https://man.archlinux.org/man/extra/postfix/smtp-sink.1.en

technout · May 27, 2023, 1:25pm

Thank you for the replies! And maybe smpt-sink is a solution for now.
And i voted for the issue, hopefully more votes will follow