CSF No longer sending SSH login alert on newly set up VPS

I've used the same set up for a long time now using a bash script with centminmod. I'm also using mailgun.

I've noticed now whenever I login as root the LFD is no longer sending alert on a NEWLY set up vps.

If I test sending email using

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echo "My message" | mail -s subject myemail@email.com

and

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echo "My message" | mail -s subject root

the email arrives on my inbox

but when I login as using PuTTY or WinSCP no email arrives. Not on the inbox, spam, or trash.

There's nothing in /var/mail/maillog that it bounced or an error. It looks like no email was even attempted to be sent at all.

I've compared the csf.conf of my old and the newly setup VPS and the only difference between the 2 are:



LF_EMAIL_ALERT is # Send an email alert if an IP address is blocked by one of the [*] triggers Nonetheless it's set to 1 in the new and still no email.

LF_ALERT_TO = "myemail@email.com"

service csf status
service lfd status

both are active (running)

Tried restarting both as well.

SSH login alert works on the old VPS

It's the same on Linode, DO, Vultr

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ok found out the answer

this is in my lfd.log

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*SSH login* from xx.xx.xx.xx into the root account using publickey authentication - ignored

xx.xx.xx.xx is in csf.ignore

now I feel stupid LOL

 

tried logging using a VPN

and got the email

 

more like centminmod bloopers haha