vzdump backup tool sending email notification to old address

NerdyD

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I'm having an issue with vzdump configuration/notification. I am trying to change my email address and SMTP setup to notify my new email address. Previous to the change everything was working as expected. I have made the changes in the GUI but it seems to be trying to send the backup notifications to my OLD email. My OLD email is *@gmail.com and the new one should be dustin@*. I have also updated my email address under my user and the associated SMTP under notification. When I test my SMTP, it works, but when the job runs it's sends the notification to the old email address. I even ran a PVE report and there is NO reference to my old email. Where is PVE getting this reference? Thanks for any help!

In the failed email log txt:
Code:
Reporting-MTA: dns; NERDYD-NET01.local

X-Postfix-Queue-ID: EABAD380F5D

X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; root@NERDYD-NET01.local

Arrival-Date: Wed,  2 Jul 2025 23:21:30 -0700 (PDT)


Final-Recipient: rfc822; *@gmail.com

Original-Recipient: rfc822;*@gmail.com

Action: failed

Status: 4.4.1

Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; connect to

    alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[2607:f8b0:4003:c0a::1a]:25: Network is

    unreachable

/etc/pve/jobs.cfg:
Code:
vzdump: backup-3d5d904c-d4d9


        schedule 23:01


        compress zstd


        enabled 1


        fleecing 0


        mailnotification always


        mailto dustin@*


        mode snapshot


        notes-template {{guestname}}


        prune-backups keep-daily=13,keep-last=3,keep-monthly=11,keep-weekly=8,keep-yearly=9


        storage NERDYD-NAS01


        vmid 101,102,103,104




/etc/pve/notifications.cfg:
Code:
sendmail: mail-to-root


        comment Send mails to root@pam's email address


        mailto-user root@pam




matcher: default-matcher


        comment Route all notifications to mail-to-root


        mode all


        target mail-to-root


        target Email-Notification




smtp: Email-Notification


        from-address dustin@*


        mailto-user root@pam


        mode tls


        server smtp.fastmail.com


        username dustin@*
 
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Check grep -sRi "oldmailhere" /etc to find what is referencing it. Please use code blocks when sharing logs, command outputs, config files, etc.
 
Thanks! Updated original post to use code blocks. Running grep -sRi "oldmailhere" /etc does not return anything.
 
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