Paperless config

[Chris8K]

Hi there,

I would like to add the Gmail oath entries to the config, so I can use Gmail with paperless. I did see that in #51 that the paperless.conf file can apparently be edited in /addon_configs/ but all I can find there is paperless.conf.example and not the actual config. Is there a way to edit the config/pass environment variables to paperless?

[BenoitAnastay]

You just need to rename the file

[Chris8K]

Thanks, does it fully replace the existing config or does it add the lines to the original config? I.e do i just add/uncomment the lines I need or do I need to fully redo the configuration?

Thanks :)

[BenoitAnastay]

It's merged but I don't remember which get priority between environmental arguments and configuration file.

[UlrichThiess]

@BenoitAnastay Just name the file paperless.conf to avoid confusion. All entries are deactivated.

[BenoitAnastay]

@UlrichThiess it's a common method to avoid overwriting the configuration file and it's intended for advanced users, I will progressively add all commonly needed parameters to the GUI

[UlrichThiess]

Ah, ok. Thanks.

[DReffects]

I am failing at sending the e-mails.

{„headers“:{„normalizedNames“:{},„lazyUpdate“:null},„status“:500,„statusText“:„Internal Server Error“,„url“:„[http://192.168.0.14:8123/api/hassio_ingress/5PZ7QaQ3xToJHmIKnO9fGlBN8xpxpbBaI7B8z_t_Xt8/api/documents/email/",„ok“:false,„name“:„HttpErrorResponse“,„message“:"Http](http://192.168.0.14:8123/api/hassio_ingress/5PZ7QaQ3xToJHmIKnO9fGlBN8xpxpbBaI7B8z_t_Xt8/api/documents/email/%22,%E2%80%9Eok%E2%80%9C:false,%E2%80%9Ename%E2%80%9C:%E2%80%9EHttpErrorResponse%E2%80%9C,%E2%80%9Emessage%E2%80%9C:%22Http) failure response for http://192.168.0.14:8123/api/hassio_ingress/5PZ7QaQ3xToJHmIKnO9fGlBN8xpxpbBaI7B8z_t_Xt8/api/documents/email/: 500 Internal Server Error“,„error“:„Error emailing documents, check logs for more detail.“}

Log says:

[2026-01-08 14:31:14,217] [WARNING] [paperless.api] An error occurred emailing documents: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
[2026-01-08 14:34:57,262] [ERROR] [django.request] Internal Server Error: /api/documents/email/

Any idea what's going on?