roles/debian-base/files/sendmail-common.local

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Definition]
+actionstart =
+actionstop =

roles/debian-base/tasks/fail2ban.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
     group: root
     mode: u=rw,g=r,o=r
   notify: restart sshd
+- name: Adjust action configuration to reduce noise
+  copy:
+    src: sendmail-common.local
+    dest: /etc/fail2ban/action.d/sendmail-common.local  
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: u=rw,g=r,o=r
+  notify: restart sshd
 - name: Configure fail2ban service
   template:
     src: jail.local