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Newsletter Newsletter and SMTP

Send a house digest, or a per-user email of continue watching, requests, and recently added titles.

Before you begin

  • Jellyfin is connected and the first sync has finished, so the digest has library data to include.
  • You can sign in to JellyGlance with permission to manage settings.
  • You have SMTP credentials from your mail provider: host, port, username, and password.

Configure SMTP

  1. Open Settings → Newsletter.
  2. Open the SMTP tab.
  3. Enter the SMTP host, port, username, and password.
  4. Set the sender name and sender email.
  5. Turn on Use implicit TLS when the provider uses SMTPS (often port 465). Leave it off for STARTTLS on port 587.
  6. Leave Verify TLS certificates on unless the provider uses a private certificate you have decided to trust.
  7. Save, then send a test message to an address you can read.

Build a digest

Use the report builder to choose blocks such as recently added media, watch stats, and repair status. Preview the message before a real send. Weekly and monthly schedules, manual sends, and send history are on the same Newsletter page.

Per-user campaigns email each opted-in Jellyfin user their own continue watching, requests, and recently added titles. A house digest goes to the recipient list you configure.

If mail does not arrive

Symptom Next check
Authentication failed Username, password, and whether the provider wants an app password.
Connection timed out Host and port reachable from the JellyGlance container, not only from your browser.
Certificate error TLS mode matches the port. Implicit TLS is the 465 style.
Test succeeds, scheduled mail does not The campaign is enabled, recipients are set, and the schedule has passed. Check send history on the Newsletter page.