diff --git a/public/language/en-GB/admin/dashboard.json b/public/language/en-GB/admin/dashboard.json
index b5ff928dd4..0de31d4917 100644
--- a/public/language/en-GB/admin/dashboard.json
+++ b/public/language/en-GB/admin/dashboard.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 	"upgrade-available": "<p>A new version (v%1) has been released. Consider <a href=\"https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/upgrade/\" target=\"_blank\">upgrading your NodeBB</a>.</p>",
 	"prerelease-upgrade-available": "<p>This is an outdated pre-release version of NodeBB. A new version (v%1) has been released. Consider <a href=\"https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/upgrade/\" target=\"_blank\">upgrading your NodeBB</a>.</p>",
 	"prerelease-warning": "<p>This is a <strong>pre-release</strong> version of NodeBB. Unintended bugs may occur. <i class=\"fa fa-exclamation-triangle\"></i></p>",
+	"fallback-emailer-not-found": "Fallback emailer not found!",
 	"running-in-development": "<span>Forum is running in development mode. The forum may be open to potential vulnerabilities; please contact your system administrator.</span>",
 	"latest-lookup-failed": "<p>Failed to look up latest available version of NodeBB</p>",
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js b/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
index 3f85be56a1..bf47cb9f58 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/dashboard.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const plugins = require('../../plugins');
 const user = require('../../user');
 const topics = require('../../topics');
 const utils = require('../../utils');
+const emailer = require('../../emailer');
 
 const dashboardController = module.exports;
 
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ async function getNotices() {
 		},
 	];
 
+	if (emailer.fallbackNotFound) {
+		notices.push({
+			done: false,
+			notDoneText: '[[admin/dashboard:fallback-emailer-not-found]]',
+		});
+	}
+
 	if (global.env !== 'production') {
 		notices.push({
 			done: false,
diff --git a/src/emailer.js b/src/emailer.js
index e95fa612fd..012fed1d4c 100644
--- a/src/emailer.js
+++ b/src/emailer.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const Emailer = module.exports;
 let prevConfig;
 let app;
 
+Emailer.fallbackNotFound = false;
+
 Emailer.transports = {
 	sendmail: nodemailer.createTransport({
 		sendmail: true,
@@ -312,7 +314,8 @@ Emailer.sendToEmail = async (template, email, language, params) => {
 		headers: params.headers,
 		rtl: params.rtl,
 	});
-
+	const usingFallback = !Plugins.hooks.hasListeners('filter:email.send') &&
+		!Plugins.hooks.hasListeners('static:email.send');
 	try {
 		if (Plugins.hooks.hasListeners('filter:email.send')) {
 			// Deprecated, remove in v1.18.0
@@ -323,7 +326,8 @@ Emailer.sendToEmail = async (template, email, language, params) => {
 			await Emailer.sendViaFallback(data);
 		}
 	} catch (err) {
-		if (err && err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+		if (err.code === 'ENOENT' && usingFallback) {
+			Emailer.fallbackNotFound = true;
 			throw new Error('[[error:sendmail-not-found]]');
 		} else {
 			throw err;
diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index 4481e0cece..6a31e1b09a 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ async function pushToUids(uids, notification) {
 		}
 		body = posts.relativeToAbsolute(body, posts.urlRegex);
 		body = posts.relativeToAbsolute(body, posts.imgRegex);
+		let errorLogged = false;
 		await async.eachLimit(uids, 3, async (uid) => {
 			await emailer.send('notification', uid, {
 				path: notification.path,
@@ -195,7 +196,12 @@ async function pushToUids(uids, notification) {
 				body: body,
 				notification: notification,
 				showUnsubscribe: true,
-			}).catch(err => winston.error(`[emailer.send] ${err.stack}`));
+			}).catch((err) => {
+				if (!errorLogged) {
+					winston.error(`[emailer.send] ${err.stack}`);
+					errorLogged = true;
+				}
+			});
 		});
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin/user.js b/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
index 3609f4b55e..5012818dc2 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
@@ -86,10 +86,14 @@ User.sendValidationEmail = async function (socket, uids) {
 	}
 
 	const failed = [];
-
+	let errorLogged = false;
 	await async.eachLimit(uids, 50, async (uid) => {
 		await user.email.sendValidationEmail(uid, { force: true }).catch((err) => {
-			winston.error(`[user.create] Validation email failed to send\n[emailer.send] ${err.stack}`);
+			if (!errorLogged) {
+				winston.error(`[user.create] Validation email failed to send\n[emailer.send] ${err.stack}`);
+				errorLogged = true;
+			}
+
 			failed.push(uid);
 		});
 	});
diff --git a/src/user/digest.js b/src/user/digest.js
index 885dfd69c4..dec6a43df3 100644
--- a/src/user/digest.js
+++ b/src/user/digest.js
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Digest.send = async function (data) {
 	if (!data || !data.subscribers || !data.subscribers.length) {
 		return emailsSent;
 	}
-
+	let errorLogged = false;
 	await batch.processArray(data.subscribers, async (uids) => {
 		let userData = await user.getUsersFields(uids, ['uid', 'email', 'email:confirmed', 'username', 'userslug', 'lastonline']);
 		userData = userData.filter(u => u && u.email && (!meta.config.requireEmailConfirmation || u['email:confirmed']));
@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ Digest.send = async function (data) {
 				popularTopics: topics.popular,
 				interval: data.interval,
 				showUnsubscribe: true,
-			}).catch(err => winston.error(`[user/jobs] Could not send digest email\n[emailer.send] ${err.stack}`));
+			}).catch((err) => {
+				if (!errorLogged) {
+					winston.error(`[user/jobs] Could not send digest email\n[emailer.send] ${err.stack}`);
+					errorLogged = true;
+				}
+			});
 		}));
 		if (data.interval !== 'alltime') {
 			const now = Date.now();