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1. Describe your incident:
After upgrading to Graylog 4.3.2, graylog stopped sending emails and presents an error message in the Overview page: “The Graylog server encountered an error while trying to send an email. This is the detailed error message: java.lang.NullPointerException” , sending worked previous to the upgrade.
2. Describe your environment:
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OS Information: Ubuntu 20.04
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Package Version: graylog-server 4.3.2-1
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Service logs, configurations, and environment variables:
Email vars in server.conf:
# Email transport
transport_email_enabled = true
transport_email_hostname = localhost
transport_email_port = 25
#transport_email_protocol = smtp
#transport_email_use_auth = false
#transport_email_auth_username = you@example.com
#transport_email_auth_password = secret
transport_email_subject_prefix = [graylog]
#transport_email_from_email = graylog@example.com
# Encryption settings
#
# ATTENTION:
# Using SMTP with STARTTLS *and* SMTPS at the same time is *not* possible.
# Use SMTP with STARTTLS, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_TLS
transport_email_use_tls = false
# Use SMTP over SSL (SMTPS), see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTPS
# This is deprecated on most SMTP services!
transport_email_use_ssl = false
3. What steps have you already taken to try and solve the problem?
Have tested outgoing email from the system. Have turned on debugging in graylog but no additional information is logged about the mail issue.
4. How can the community help?
Has this been an issue for anybody else after upgrading to graylog 4.3.2 ?
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