Automation Wizard: Email not sent when recipient is left empty
Posted: Wednesday 11 November 2026 23:27
Hi!
I was playing around with the new Automation Wizard in Domoticz 2026.4 and noticed a small problem.
When adding an Email action, the recipient field says "To (optional)" and "Leave empty to use default".
So I left it empty, assuming Domoticz would use my default email address.
But no email arrived. Instead, I got this error in the log:
Error: dzVents: Aanrecht Motion automation: No mail-to is provided
When I added my email address manually, everything worked fine.
So it looks like the wizard doesn't use the default email address as promised.
Not a big issue, but a bit confusing. Especially when you've just created a complicated automation.
I'm using Domoticz 2026.4 in Docker on Ubuntu.
I've attached a screenshot of the wizard.
I was playing around with the new Automation Wizard in Domoticz 2026.4 and noticed a small problem.
When adding an Email action, the recipient field says "To (optional)" and "Leave empty to use default".
So I left it empty, assuming Domoticz would use my default email address.
But no email arrived. Instead, I got this error in the log:
Error: dzVents: Aanrecht Motion automation: No mail-to is provided
When I added my email address manually, everything worked fine.
So it looks like the wizard doesn't use the default email address as promised.
Not a big issue, but a bit confusing. Especially when you've just created a complicated automation.
I'm using Domoticz 2026.4 in Docker on Ubuntu.
I've attached a screenshot of the wizard.