# Vaultwarden cannot send emails

**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360
**Category:** Support apps
**Tags:** vaultwarden, english
**Created:** [January 20, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360 "2026-01-20T22:59:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/1 "2026-01-20T22:59:23Z")

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**What app is this about, and its version** : 1.35.2~ynh1  
**What YunoHost version are you running** : 12.1.39  
**What type of hardware are you using** : VPS bought online

### Describe your issue

Hi everyone,

I’m facing a very persistent Postfix issue on a YunoHost server and I’m running out of ideas.  
I’d really appreciate any insight from people familiar with YunoHost’s mail stack.

### Share relevant logs or error messages

> **[hastebin](https://paste.yunohost.org/awupuqoqol)**

The settings and error on Vaultwarden admin page:

[![](https://i.hizliresim.com/4p0dkqv.png) ](https://i.hizliresim.com/4p0dkqv.png)

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### Author: ![Sloknatos](https://forum.yunohost.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Sloknatos](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Sloknatos)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/2 "2026-01-21T09:14:56Z")

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hello,

maybe you’ve already check it but, just in case, in your yunohost users panel, have you an user “vaultwarden” / [the\_password] ?

i’m not familiar with [nohost.me](http://nohost.me), not sure about the needed configuration

myself, i have this in the vaultwarden admin panel :

 ![image](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/159d398efbac4b01c1a242d84ed0e870394a30a0.png)

and this in yunohost :

 ![image](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b7c7b6b594c3f98ab5d2cc51501362d1bf7fc4ea.png)

(of course, i obfuscate the subdomain / domain / tld, imagine something as `vaultpass.mydomain.com`)

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### Author: ![orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/orhtej2/32/8943_2.png) [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2026, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/3 "2026-01-21T09:15:05Z")

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Can you try changing the configuration as following:

Host: 127.0.0.1  
Port: 587  
Server name sent during HELO: \<domain\_where\_vaultwarden\_is\_installed.tld\>  
Accept Invalid certs: true

To my knowledge service users (such as `vaultwarden` are only allowed to connect to `localhost`.

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/4 "2026-01-21T12:22:18Z")

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Actually, I tried to open a new user on YunoHost panel but it says: “User already exists”. Also when I tried with my information on Vaultwarden admin I got the same error.

And I also made some attemps with your directions. I tried with just [atakan.nohost.me](http://atakan.nohost.me) (w/o application name before [atakan.nohost.me](http://atakan.nohost.me)) but, still getting same error.

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/5 "2026-01-21T12:26:34Z")

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[![](https://i.hizliresim.com/2chomby.png) ](https://i.hizliresim.com/2chomby.png)

When I installed Vaultwarden first, I can use it iwthout any extra configurations, error etc.

Without the Zen Browser’s error:

[![](https://i.hizliresim.com/dybj6mu.png) ](https://i.hizliresim.com/dybj6mu.png)

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### Author: ![Interleukin4](https://forum.yunohost.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Interleukin4](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Interleukin4)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/6 "2026-01-22T16:11:39Z")

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I appreciate that this is unhelpful, but I ended up just using an external SMTP relay as I was unable to solve this myself using the built in SMTP. I had the same error (535) with a different application but an identical configuration

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/7 "2026-01-22T18:39:14Z")

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Actually, I was previously using YunoHost’s built-in SMTP relay with the default configuration without any issues.

I’m not sure what changed, but this problem started recently and now occurs even when no application is actively sending emails.

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### Author: ![Interleukin4](https://forum.yunohost.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Interleukin4](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Interleukin4)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/8 "2026-01-22T21:10:06Z")

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Ah, I’m very new to Yunohost in the last few days and haven’t experienced the built in SMTP working - I assumed it just didn’t work or required some configuration I hadn’t come across. Perhaps this is a recent change that has broken something

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/9 "2026-01-22T21:33:03Z")

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Yeah, maybe. I lost Vaultwarden’s master password. Then I tried to recover it but I couldn’t succeed. Then, I uninstalled it. After re-installation I got this error.

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### Author: ![orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/orhtej2/32/8943_2.png) [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/10 "2026-01-24T23:02:04Z")

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My installation properly sends emails (I was wrong about needing to change anything).

Perhaps something breaks during reinstall loop?

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/11 "2026-01-25T12:55:12Z")

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Well, I need to check installation logs. However, I don’t know is there an option to see them.

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### Author: ![orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/orhtej2/32/8943_2.png) [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/12 "2026-01-25T13:09:43Z")

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They should be under WebAdmin-\>Tools-\>Logs, installation of app should have logs for suboperation (provision system user in this case) linked.

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/13 "2026-01-25T14:38:23Z")

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Here all they for re-installation:

[https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/pafuroreco](https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/pafuroreco)

[https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/moqaxexaxo](https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/moqaxexaxo)

Also there are some logs when I’m trying to upgrade:

[https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/vuxoharija](https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/vuxoharija)

[https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/tavewanaxa](https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/tavewanaxa)

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### Author: ![orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/orhtej2/32/8943_2.png) [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/14 "2026-01-26T12:04:24Z")

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Does the file `/etc/postfix/app_senders_login_maps` exist on your system? Who owns it?

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/15 "2026-01-26T19:23:17Z")

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Yeah, it exists. Inside of it there are e-mails of applications. Vaultwarden’s is: [vaultwarden@passwords.atakan.nohost.me](mailto:vaultwarden@passwords.atakan.nohost.me) vaultwarden

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### Author: ![orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/orhtej2/32/8943_2.png) [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/16 "2026-01-26T21:47:06Z")

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and what happens if you `sudo postmap /etc/postfix/app_senders_login_maps` ?

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### Author: ![jarod5001](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/jarod5001/32/5323_2.png) [@jarod5001](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/jarod5001)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/17 "2026-01-26T22:18:15Z")

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What is the output of :

`sudo yunohost tools regen-conf --dry-run --with-diff `

This won’t change anything in the system. It only checks for inconsistencies.

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/18 "2026-01-26T22:31:19Z")

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![image](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6f91e6398572ece057ea3564b7634df957d4e3b8.png)

Nothing.

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### Author: ![atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/atakanozban/32/13047_2.png) [@atakanozban](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/atakanozban)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/19 "2026-01-26T22:32:26Z")

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Error: No regen-conf categories named ‘dry-run, --with-diff’

 ![image](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0584715e0e1bf96de4395ac876bf827c93fdb1bd.png)

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### Author: ![orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/orhtej2/32/8943_2.png) [@orhtej2](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/orhtej2)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/vaultwarden-cannot-send-emails/41360/20 "2026-01-26T22:34:22Z")

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There’s no space between `--` and `dry-run`, it’s a command line switch.

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