Title: Pushover Alert don’t work
Last modified: September 10, 2026

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# Pushover Alert don’t work

 *  Resolved [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [3 weeks, 2 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pushover-alert-dont-work/)
 * Hello,
 * I am testing Pushover to get alerts when an email fails to send. I have connected
   everything, and sending a test alert from within the Pushover connection works.
 * Then I tried sending a test email to an email connection who’s smtp server I 
   invalidated (by adding an ‘x’ in front of it). Sending a test email to that connection
   obviously results in an on screen SMTP Error, but I don’t get an alert in the
   Pushover app (Android). It’s also not shown in the online Pushover dashboard.
 * Is sending a test message from within FluentSMTP not supposed to trigger Pushover
   alerts when sending fails?
 * Thanks
   JP

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 *  Plugin Support [Ibrahim Sharif](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ibrahimsharif/)
 * (@ibrahimsharif)
 * [2 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pushover-alert-dont-work/#post-19019369)
 * Hello [@jpnl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/),
 * Thank you for reaching out to us, and I appreciate you taking the time to test
   our Pushover integration so thoroughly.
 * Regarding your experience with the test email: the “Send Test Email” feature 
   within FluentSMTP is a diagnostic tool for manual troubleshooting. Because this
   process is intended for immediate manual feedback, it is not currently configured
   to trigger automated Pushover failure alerts. Our Pushover integration is designed
   to monitor and alert you based on actual email sending failures and issues detected
   during background connection health checks.
 * Essentially, what you are seeing is the expected behavior; because the test email
   is an “on-screen” diagnostic process, it bypasses the automated alert system 
   meant for production sending failures.
 * We truly appreciate you bringing this to our attention. I have shared your feedback
   with our development team, and we will look into updating our wording to ensure
   this is clearer for all our users moving forward.
 * If you have any further questions or if there is anything else I can assist you
   with, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
 *  Plugin Support [Sujoy Chandra Das](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrsujoy/)
 * (@mrsujoy)
 * [2 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pushover-alert-dont-work/#post-19019396)
 * Hello [@jpnl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/),
   I hope you are doing
   well.
 * No, sending a test email from the FluentSMTP settings screen is not expected 
   to trigger a Pushover failure alert.
 * The Send Test Email option is handled as a manual diagnostic test. If it fails,
   FluentSMTP shows the SMTP error directly on the screen so the connection issue
   can be confirmed immediately.
 * Pushover failure alerts are intended for regular site email sending failures 
   and connection health check failures.
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * (@jpnl)
 * [2 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pushover-alert-dont-work/#post-19019405)
 * Ok, that explains it. Thank you for your reply.
 * Would be good to also trigger Pushover in that scenario for testing purposes.
   Because now you have to invalidate a connection and then fill out a contact form
   to test if it works. Something to consider?
 * Thanks
   JP

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 * Last reply from: [John-Pierre Cornelissen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpnl/)
 * Last activity: [2 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pushover-alert-dont-work/#post-19019405)
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