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SMTP in Home Assistant

smtp part of Home Assistant since pre 0.7

Cloud, push Set up in the user interface

SMTP is an official Home Assistant integration for Notifications. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud; changes arrive straight away, but only while the internet connection and the service are up.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Cloud, push – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud; changes arrive straight away, but only while the internet connection and the service are up.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Online service
Installations
10,776 (1.6 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Notifications
Provides
Notifications
Python packages
aiosmtplib==5.1.3

Setup

  1. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  2. Click "Add integration" and search for SMTP.
  3. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Known issues and fixes

7 open issues and 6 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for SMTP in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.9.1.

Open

  • open Reported problem #175305 since July 1, 2026 · 2 reactions · 4 comments · #175305
  • open Reported problem #174860 since June 25, 2026 · 2 reactions · 2 comments · #174860
  • open Reported problem #181046 since September 2, 2026 · 2 reactions · 1 comment · #181046
  • open Reported problem #178359 since August 6, 2026 · 1 reaction · 7 comments · #178359
  • open Reported problem #172006 since May 24, 2026 · 1 reaction · 6 comments · #172006
  • open Reported problem #175768 since July 6, 2026 · 0 reactions · 3 comments · #175768
  • open Reported problem #176362 since July 12, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #176362

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 15, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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