Useful addendum to the description of the smtp platform notify service

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Hello everyone,
Could you add somewhere in the SMTP integration documentation page that the service will be visible to the graphical automation interface only if HA has been able to connect to the configured server at startup (when you're finished to add YAML directives to configuration.yaml)...

I've spent several hours in multiples try and googlings before finally finding the reason in hacf.fr forum... and there was no obvious clue what was the problem (startup messages, or L1 user accessible logs ;) ).
First time I "put fingers on yaml" and I was lost with the explanations in the documentation (you know double quotes or not double quotes on some definitions...) and put the blame on me...

Could you add somewhere in the SMTP integration documentation page that the service will be visible to the graphical automation interface only if HA has been able to connect to the configured server at startup (when you're finished to add YAML directives to configuration.yaml)... until a good samaritan fills the gap and extent HA gui with a guided mean to generate the yaml code and a check connection button before the save one... ;)

Regards,
O.

P.S: Congratulations to everyone involved in the development such a powerful and useful tool

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/smtp/

Version

2024.12.5

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