Applicable to:
- Plesk for Windows
Symptoms
- SmarterMail component shows up as Not configured in Tools & Settings > Server Components after updating SmarterMail to version 100.0.9735.
- Submitting the correct SmarterMail administrator password in Plesk does not change the status.
- SmarterMail itself is running and reachable, and the administrator credentials work when logging in directly (for example, via
http://localhost:9998). -
Errors similar to the following are shown when managing mail accounts and are logged in
%plesk_dir%admin\logs\php_error.log:CONFIG_TEXT: [2026-08-28 19:53:19] 28592:6a91d91f48a2b ERR [panel.ui] Unable to update the mail account properties: mailmng failed: not a string
at getRealDomainName(example.com, false)(SmarterMail::Local::Provider::getRealDomainName line 1332)
at newMailName(john.doe, example.com, 0)(SmarterMail::Local::Provider::newMailName line 218)
at Unable to execute console command: '--add-mailname'(vconsoleapp::start line 95)
at Unable to execute command: 'D:\Plesk\admin\bin\mailmng --add-mailname "--domain-name=example.com" "--mailname=john.doe" "--password=*"'(vconsoleapp::run line 117)
(Error code 1) -
With debug mode enabled, the component configuration command completes successfully but the component still shows as Not configured:
CONFIG_TEXT: [2026-08-28 19:59:26] DEBUG [util_exec] Starting: defpackagemng --set-params --type=mailserver --package=smartermail --values=<parameters><parameter name="login" value="admin"/><parameter name="password" value="password"/><parameter name="port" value="9998"/></parameters>, stdin:
[2026-08-28 19:59:30] DEBUG [util_exec] Finished in 4.303s, Error code: 0, stdout: true, stderr:
Cause
Product issue:
-
#PPPM-15497 "Fixed an issue where Plesk could not be integrated with SmarterMail build 9735."
Fixed in:- Plesk Obsidian 18.0.81 15 September 2026 (Windows)
Resolution
Workaround
If update is not possible for some reason you may try the following
Update Plesk to version 18.0.81 or later once it is released.
Warning: Following these steps will cause a brief interruption in Plesk services. Plesk interface won't be available while Plesk Management Service is stopped.
Manually install the attached patch:
- Download the attached
PPPM-15497.zipfile provided in this article - Connect to the server via RDP
- Extract the
PPPM-15497.zipfile in yourC:\drive - Open
services.msc(Start > Run... > services.msc) and stop Plesk Management Service - Copy the extracted files into
%plesk_bin% - Start Plesk Management Service
- Log into Plesk
- Go to Tools & Settings > Server Components > SmarterMail Server 100.0.9735 (not configured), enter SmarterMail admin credentials and click Save
Internal references: PPPM-15497, PPS-19281.
A custom fix archive is attached to PPS-19281. To apply it on the customer's server:
Warning: the following steps cause a brief interruption of Plesk services.
- Stop the Plesk Management Service.
- Copy the files from the archive into the
%plesk_bin%directory. - Start the Plesk Management Service.
Confirmed working on Plesk Obsidian 18.0.80.5 / Windows Server 2019.
On Windows 2025, it was also necessary to do the following after step 8: plesk sbin upgrade
Without this, an error would occur when trying to create a mailbox "Unable update mailbox: Mailbox is not supported".
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