# Admin Panel email test

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 23, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912 "2021-05-23T13:13:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPZone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JPZone](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/JPZone)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/1 "2021-05-23T13:13:53Z")

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Hello,

I have just recently created a docker container running vaultwarden and i am now configuring the admin side of it. I have disabled the create account and I want to set up so i can send invites.  
I am trying to set some SMTP settings in the admin panel and am getting the following error after doing a test email (see attached).

![smtp_error](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/vaultwarden/original/1X/7a695951dc4900d9a47f4b3316d4f9f03e404c0b.png)

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**Author:** ![JPZone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JPZone](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/JPZone)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/2 "2021-05-24T23:08:39Z")

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Here are my settings

 ![panelsettings](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/vaultwarden/original/1X/84f220c7a7cef3854d0d5938d2b1ecd7ff376c17.png)

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**Author:** ![prech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@prech](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/prech)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/3 "2021-05-27T19:56:38Z")

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Thank you for the help, it is now working

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**Author:** ![JPZone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JPZone](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/JPZone)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/4 "2021-05-27T20:14:47Z")

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Hi @prech no still having trouble getting it to work.

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**Author:** ![BlackDex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/blackdex/32/8_2.png) [@BlackDex](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/BlackDex)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/5 "2021-05-28T08:53:08Z")

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I would suggest to enable smtp\_debug (restart the container afterwards) and do a test then to see a bit more info.

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**Author:** ![JPZone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JPZone](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/JPZone)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/6 "2021-09-22T15:24:25Z")

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Not replied in a few months had other things going on…

Where can I access the debug?

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**Author:** ![BlackDex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/blackdex/32/8_2.png) [@BlackDex](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/BlackDex)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/7 "2021-09-22T15:47:13Z")

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It’s in the logs file or container output logs

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**Author:** ![JPZone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JPZone](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/JPZone)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/8 "2021-09-22T16:05:06Z")

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Something related to the Auth Mechanism:

```auto
`[2021-09-22 16:01:56.227][lettre::transport::smtp::client::connection][DEBUG] << 250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]<CRLF>250-SIZE 35882577<CRLF>250-8BITMIME<CRLF>250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH<CRLF>250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES<CRLF>250-PIPELINING<CRLF>250-CHUNKING<CRLF>250 SMTPUTF8<CRLF> 

[2021-09-22 16:01:56.227][lettre::transport::smtp::client::connection][DEBUG] Wrote: AUTH PLAIN AG1haWxhdXRoMjQ2OEBnbWFpbC5jb20AcGVhclAwd2Vy<CRLF> 

[2021-09-22 16:01:56.286][lettre::transport::smtp::client::connection][DEBUG] << 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at<CRLF> 

[2021-09-22 16:01:56.287][lettre::transport::smtp::client::connection][DEBUG] << 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at<CRLF>535 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials bf28sm1411304edb.45 - gsmtp<CRLF> 

[2021-09-22 16:01:56.287][vaultwarden::mail][ERROR] SMTP 5xx error: lettre::transport::smtp::Error { kind: Permanent(Code { severity: PermanentNegativeCompletion, category: Unspecified3, detail: Five }) }

[2021-09-22 16:01:56.288][response][INFO] POST /admin/test/smtp (test_smtp) => 400 Bad Request

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**Author:** ![BlackDex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/blackdex/32/8_2.png) [@BlackDex](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/BlackDex)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/9 "2021-09-22T16:45:50Z")

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See [Error when sending test mail (using gmail) · Discussion #1360 · dani-garcia/vaultwarden · GitHub](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/discussions/1360#discussioncomment-342031)

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**Author:** ![JPZone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JPZone](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/JPZone)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/10 "2021-09-22T18:09:30Z")

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Ah great thank you. I guess theres no way to encrypt the email password?

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**Author:** ![BlackDex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/blackdex/32/8_2.png) [@BlackDex](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/BlackDex)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/admin-panel-email-test/912/11 "2021-09-22T19:45:47Z")

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Well, we would still need to decrypt it during login, so it would be a bit difficult, and still able to reverse of course.

You could use docker secrets, but that would still load it into the env/memory and visible via the admin.