The Vikunja Email Pitfall: Why CLI Password Resets Claim Success But Fail (And How to Fix It)

This article explains a Vikunja email delivery quirk: CLI password-reset commands may report success without sending mail, while the web UI triggers emails correctly. It details mailer environment variable configurations (internal relay vs authenticated SMTP), recommends using the built-in testmail command to verify connectivity, notes the common cause of a trailing slash in VIKUNJA_SERVICE_PUBLICURL breaking reset links, and provides troubleshooting steps and workaround via the web interface or updating user emails.