PBS do not seems to use the email from address

Zappy

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Like the title said,
PBS do not seems to use the email from address state in the UI.
instead seems to use root@<hostname-fqdn>

Anyway to fix that
all email notification getting reject
thanks
 
works here, i changed the from address under 'Configuration -> Other' and the next email i got was from that address...
which e-mails are we talking about specifically?
 
also the version would be interesting:

Code:
proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose
 
This morning i receive a mail for GC
I think the mail i still seeing in the log rejected are the mail from spool before i change the from address
do not seems to have easy way to test like in pve. (or i am not aware)

Code:
root@pbs:~# proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose
proxmox-backup             2.1-1        running kernel: 5.13.19-1-pve
proxmox-backup-server      2.1.5-1      running version: 2.1.5
pve-kernel-helper          7.1-13
pve-kernel-5.13            7.1-9
pve-kernel-5.13.19-6-pve   5.13.19-14
pve-kernel-5.13.19-1-pve   5.13.19-3
ifupdown2                  3.1.0-1+pmx3
libjs-extjs                7.0.0-1
proxmox-backup-docs        2.1.5-1
proxmox-backup-client      2.1.5-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader 1.2-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit     3.4-7
pve-xtermjs                4.16.0-1
smartmontools              7.2-1
zfsutils-linux             2.1.2-pve1
root@pbs:~#

Must be something i dont get ....
i had 2 backups done this AM and receive only 1 email from GC but i set all option for Notify to Always (
and "Verify new backups immediately after completion" to Yes

Thanks
 
what does the log say? (/var/log/mail.log)
 
The log of PBS do not show any reject, since the relais accept them all
but i can clearly see (obviously edited)
Code:
Mar 30 12:13:14 pbs postfix/qmgr[134463]: 5443A2040C: from=<root@HOSTNAME-FQDN>, size=1980, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
the log of my SMTP is the one showing the reject with a
Code:
Sender verify failed
the FQDN of my pbs is internal DNS

Edit : i can see the log from the mail from this morning with the address i enter in the UI
 
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Hi, i'm facing a similar issue, but only for the emails generated from the PBS (i.e. verification of datastore).
I can't find the same option I've on PVE (Datacenter > Option > Email from address) as you told in this post, message #2.

If i go into the Configuration tab I only have 2 pages, which are Network/Time or Authentication, and there I don't have any similar option.
Here's the output of my PBS verbose version:


Code:
proxmox-backup             2.1-1        running kernel: 5.13.19-2-pve
proxmox-backup-server      2.1.5-1      running version: 2.1.2       
pve-kernel-helper          7.1-14                                   
pve-kernel-5.13            7.1-9                                     
pve-kernel-5.4             6.4-10                                   
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve   5.13.19-4                                 
pve-kernel-5.4.151-1-pve   5.4.151-1                                 
pve-kernel-5.4.106-1-pve   5.4.106-1                                 
ifupdown2                  3.1.0-1+pmx3                             
libjs-extjs                7.0.0-1                                   
proxmox-backup-docs        2.1.5-1                                   
proxmox-backup-client      2.1.5-1                                   
proxmox-mini-journalreader 1.2-1                                     
proxmox-widget-toolkit     3.4-7                                     
pve-xtermjs                4.16.0-1                                 
smartmontools              7.2-pve2                                 
zfsutils-linux             2.1.4-pve1

Many thanks in advance for the help
 
I am experiencing the same issues.
Email from is set to pbs@domain.tld under Configuration>Other>Email from address but log shows email from as root@pbs.domain.tld

Here's the output from proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose:
Code:
proxmox-backup                2.4-1        running kernel: 5.15.107-2-pve
proxmox-backup-server         2.4.2-1      running version: 2.4.2     
pve-kernel-5.15               7.4-3                                   
pve-kernel-5.15.107-2-pve     5.15.107-2                               
pve-kernel-5.15.102-1-pve     5.15.102-1                               
ifupdown2                     3.1.0-1+pmx4                             
libjs-extjs                   7.0.0-1                                 
proxmox-backup-docs           2.4.2-1                                 
proxmox-backup-client         2.4.2-1                                 
proxmox-mail-forward          0.1.1-1                                 
proxmox-mini-journalreader    1.2-1                                   
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper unknown                                 
proxmox-widget-toolkit        3.7.0                                   
pve-xtermjs                   4.16.0-2                                 
smartmontools                 7.2-pve3                                 
zfsutils-linux                2.1.11-pve1

Note: On PVE changing the above setting worked perfectly fine while on PBS it does not.
 
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what email are we talking about here ?
also what do you have in : /etc/proxmox-backup/node.cfg
 
The problem seems still to persist.

My PBS version:

Code:
root@proxmox-backup-server:/var/log# proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose
proxmox-backup                     3.2.0        running kernel: 6.8.4-2-pve
proxmox-backup-server              3.2.2-1      running version: 3.2.2     
proxmox-kernel-helper              8.1.0                                   
proxmox-kernel-6.8                 6.8.4-3                                 
proxmox-kernel-6.8.4-3-pve-signed  6.8.4-3                                 
proxmox-kernel-6.8.4-2-pve-signed  6.8.4-2                                 
proxmox-kernel-6.5.13-5-pve-signed 6.5.13-5                               
proxmox-kernel-6.5                 6.5.13-5                               
proxmox-kernel-6.5.13-3-pve-signed 6.5.13-3                               
proxmox-kernel-6.5.11-6-pve-signed 6.5.11-6                               
ifupdown2                          3.2.0-1+pmx8                           
libjs-extjs                        7.0.0-4                                 
proxmox-backup-docs                3.2.2-1                                 
proxmox-backup-client              3.2.2-1                                 
proxmox-mail-forward               0.2.3                                   
proxmox-mini-journalreader         1.4.0                                   
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper      0.6.6                                   
proxmox-widget-toolkit             4.2.3                                   
pve-xtermjs                        5.3.0-3                                 
smartmontools                      7.3-pve1                               
zfsutils-linux                     2.2.3-pve2

The mail I get and which cannot be delivered has subject "Verify Datastore '<my-datastore>' successful"

The from-address used for the mail is "Proxmox Backup Server - proxmox-backup-server <root@<my-hostname>>"

The from-address configured in /etc/proxmox-backup/notifications.cfg is different.
 

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