Ghost throws notice of wrong email configuration while it's configured correctly and is working

[damirissimo]

Issue Summary

The issue is described thoroughly at Ghost CMS Forum: https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-is-currently-unable-to-send-email-notification/38687

In short: Ghost admin shows:

Update available! Ghost is currently unable to send email. See https://ghost.org/docs/concepts/config/#mail for instructions

There are two errors:

1. There is no Ghost CMS update available. I'm using 5.54.0, which is the latest as for now
2. Emails are configured correctly. I can send emails to my subscribers (via mailgun), i can receive ghost notices when I have new subscribers signing up, I can change newsletter from email, I can change portal support email.

This line of source code assumes you're using Direct email service, which I am not using in my case.

"mail": {
    "from": "join@domain.com",
    "transport": "SMTP",
    "options": {
      "service": "Mailgun",
      "host": "smtp.eu.mailgun.org",
      "port": 465,
      "secure": true,
      "auth": {
        "user": "name@subdomain.domain.com",
        "pass": "passwordliveshere"
      }
    }
  },

Steps to Reproduce

1. Configure Ghost emails correctly
2. Receive incorrect notice :)

Ghost Version

5.54.0

Node.js Version

18.16.1

How did you install Ghost?

Ubuntu

Database type

MySQL 8

Browser & OS version

No response

Relevant log / error output

No response

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[phantomhell]

Ignore this notice if you're have correct configuration. I've often saw this notice and ignore it.

[markstos]

@damirissimo I see the line of code you linked to:

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/6f47002f9de133661391c0d8588147991670f4a2/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/mail.js#L18

But I don't see why it assumes you are using direct mail. The call is using the Node Mailer API, which supports a number of different transports besides SMTP:

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/6f47002f9de133661391c0d8588147991670f4a2/ghost/core/core/server/api/endpoints/mail.js#L18

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[daniellockyer]

Hey @damirissimo - did you see any other logs for this? I'm unsure why it thinks you're using Direct transport, unless we have a bug lingering around somewhere?

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