Sending emails. GitLab is not working properly.

Question

I'm trying to fix the problem why GitLab Omnibus does not send automatic emails using Postfix, which is already installed and configured correctly (it is used by other applications installed on the server as well).

When I make changes to the problem by limiting Gitlab logs, this is what I notice:

==> / var / log / gitlab / sidekiq / current <== 2015-04-03_20: 06: 30.79386 2015-04-03T20: 06: 30.793Z 8126 TID-aq3vk Sidekiq :: Extensions :: DelayedMailer JID-460531f571f6756908805d66 INFO : beginning 2015-04-03_20: 06: 31.53363 sendmail: recipients with the -t option are not supported

==> /var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log <==

[e-mail] sent to [e-mail] (48.3ms)

==> / var / log / gitlab / sidekiq / current <== 2015-04-03_20: 06: 31.57039 2015-04-03T20: 06: 31.570Z 8126 TID-aq3vk Sidekiq :: Extensions :: DelayedMailer JID-460531f571f6756908805d66 INFO : done: 0.776 sec

I cleared the email address, but it sends to the correct address.

I assume the problem is with "sendmail: recipients with the -t option are not supported"

However, I cannot find anyone else who has had this problem.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I fixed this problem by switching GitLab to SMTP, following the guide here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/smtp.md

It appears that SMTP is documented in more detail.