Systemd email not working (can't find ssmtp.conf) [solved]

I set up systemd to send email when a unit fails, as described here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … ers#MAILTO
But when I run:
systemctl status [email protected]
I get the error:
[email protected] - status email for dbus to user1
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; static; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2015-06-14 10:19:36 MDT; 20min ago
Process: 31229 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/systemd-email [email protected] %i (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 31229 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu systemd[1]: Starting status email for dbus to user1...
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu sSMTP[31230]: /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf not found
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu sSMTP[31230]: Unable to locate mailhub
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu systemd-email[31229]: sendmail: Cannot open mailhub:25
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu systemd[1]: [email protected]: main pro...RE
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu systemd[1]: Failed to start status email for dbus to ...1.
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu systemd[1]: Unit [email protected] ente...1.
Jun 14 10:19:36 sindhu systemd[1]: [email protected] failed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf is in fact present, and configured as suggested in the Arch wiki.
If I run something like:
echo -e "To: [email protected]\nFrom: [email protected]\nSubject: Hello Notification\n\n Hello, this is a test"|ssmtp [email protected]
I receive email as expected.
Last edited by emacsomancer (Yesterday 00:49:17)

I made a test: I ran a "status" - "start" - "status" sequence, then rebooted and ran a "start" - "status" sequence. Both times successful, no errors reported. Here are the logs from my virtual box, where I made those experiments as user "wm".
The status+start+status log
cze 22 00:41:33 arch login[306]: LOGIN ON tty1 BY wm
cze 22 00:42:34 arch sudo[376]: wm : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/wm ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status [email protected]
cze 22 00:42:34 arch sudo[376]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by wm(uid=0)
cze 22 00:42:38 arch sudo[376]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
cze 22 00:43:34 arch sudo[382]: wm : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/wm ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start [email protected]
cze 22 00:43:34 arch sudo[382]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by wm(uid=0)
cze 22 00:43:34 arch dbus[300]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' unit='polkit.service'
cze 22 00:43:34 arch systemd[1]: Starting Authorization Manager...
cze 22 00:43:34 arch polkitd[387]: Started polkitd version 0.113
cze 22 00:43:34 arch polkitd[387]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
cze 22 00:43:34 arch polkitd[387]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
cze 22 00:43:34 arch polkitd[387]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 1 rules
cze 22 00:43:34 arch dbus[300]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
cze 22 00:43:34 arch systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
cze 22 00:43:34 arch polkitd[387]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
cze 22 00:43:34 arch polkitd[387]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:383:19398 (system bus name :1.3 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale pl_PL.UTF-8)
cze 22 00:43:34 arch systemd[1]: Created slice system-status\x2demail\x2duser1.slice.
cze 22 00:43:34 arch systemd[1]: Starting system-status\x2demail\x2duser1.slice.
cze 22 00:43:34 arch systemd[1]: Starting status email for dbus to [email protected]...
cze 22 00:43:39 arch sSMTP[396]: Creating SSL connection to host
cze 22 00:43:39 arch sSMTP[396]: SSL connection using ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
cze 22 00:43:42 arch sSMTP[396]: Sent mail for root@arch (221 2.0.0 closing connection di7sm14260437wib.23 - gsmtp) uid=99 username=nobody outbytes=1312
cze 22 00:43:42 arch polkitd[387]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:383:19398 (system bus name :1.3, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale pl_PL.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
cze 22 00:43:42 arch sudo[382]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
cze 22 00:43:42 arch systemd[1]: Started status email for dbus to [email protected].
cze 22 00:45:15 arch sudo[405]: wm : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/wm ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status [email protected]
cze 22 00:45:15 arch sudo[405]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by wm(uid=0)
cze 22 00:45:15 arch sudo[405]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
and the start+status log
cze 22 00:58:19 arch login[308]: LOGIN ON tty1 BY wm
cze 22 00:59:50 arch sudo[378]: wm : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/wm ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start [email protected]
cze 22 00:59:50 arch sudo[378]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by wm(uid=0)
cze 22 00:59:51 arch dbus[301]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' unit='polkit.service'
cze 22 00:59:51 arch systemd[1]: Starting Authorization Manager...
cze 22 00:59:51 arch polkitd[383]: Started polkitd version 0.113
cze 22 00:59:51 arch polkitd[383]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
cze 22 00:59:51 arch polkitd[383]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
cze 22 00:59:51 arch polkitd[383]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 1 rules
cze 22 00:59:51 arch dbus[301]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
cze 22 00:59:51 arch systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager.
cze 22 00:59:51 arch polkitd[383]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus
cze 22 00:59:51 arch polkitd[383]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:379:16268 (system bus name :1.3 [/usr/bin/pkttyagent --notify-fd 5 --fallback], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale pl_PL.UTF-8)
cze 22 00:59:51 arch systemd[1]: Created slice system-status\x2demail\x2duser1.slice.
cze 22 00:59:51 arch systemd[1]: Starting system-status\x2demail\x2duser1.slice.
cze 22 00:59:51 arch systemd[1]: Starting status email for dbus to [email protected]...
cze 22 00:59:57 arch sSMTP[392]: Creating SSL connection to host
cze 22 00:59:59 arch sSMTP[392]: SSL connection using ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
cze 22 01:00:01 arch sSMTP[392]: Sent mail for root@arch (221 2.0.0 closing connection f8sm14300037wiy.7 - gsmtp) uid=99 username=nobody outbytes=1312
cze 22 01:00:01 arch systemd[1]: Started status email for dbus to [email protected].
cze 22 01:00:01 arch polkitd[383]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:379:16268 (system bus name :1.3, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale pl_PL.UTF-8) (disconnected from bus)
cze 22 01:00:01 arch sudo[378]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
cze 22 01:00:24 arch sudo[397]: wm : TTY=tty1 ; PWD=/home/wm ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status [email protected]
cze 22 01:00:24 arch sudo[397]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by wm(uid=0)
cze 22 01:00:24 arch sudo[397]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
If you still have errors I would think that your e-mail config files might be wrong, but your error message is very strange. So maybe something wrong with permissions. I'm afraid I'm just guessing.
To be clear.
Each command
systemctl start [email protected]
generated an e-mail message.
None of
systemctl status [email protected]
commands generated any e-mail messages.

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