[Xymon] New Xymon Server email

Sat Jan 11 08:47:58 CET 2020

Am 11.01.20 um 01:52 schrieb kspringer at innovateteam.com:
> Yes, my ISP blocks port 25. Please send me any sample configs you have. 
> I greatly appreciate it. Once I get this figured out I will post my 
> notes back to the forum for future folks.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kris Springer

https://support.google.com/mail/forum/AAAAK7un8RUMEGNzny3HAM

Gmail accepts SMTP connections on port 465 with SSL or on either 587 or 
25 with TLS.

configure postfix for relay

https://serverfault.com/questions/443652/using-postfix-to-relay-via-multiple-google-apps-accounts

> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Carville <scarville at lereta.com>
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Sent: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] New Xymon Server email
> 
> I am a little confused.  Why can you not just use postfix (or sendmail
> if you are a masochist :) as a local MTA?  Does your ISP block outgoing
> port 25 or some similar nonsense?
> 
> I can post a main.cf <http://main.cf>, transport_map  and generic_map 
> files that works
> for my xymon server.
> 
> On 1/10/20 3:13 PM, Kris Springer wrote:
>  > Lereta Email Checkpoint: External email. Please make sure you trust this
>  > source before clicking links or opening attachments.
>  >
>  > **********************************************************************
>  >
>  > I appreciate the response, but simply saying 'google it' is not
>  > helpful.  I've been googling all day and following various how-to's with
>  > no success.
>  >
>  > Kris Springer
>  >
>  >
>  > On 1/10/20 4:07 PM, Ron Cohen wrote:
>  >>
>  >> you can configure postfix to use a gmail account. On some
>  >> distributions it is a setup option. otherwise google it.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> On 10/01/2020 19:30, Kris Springer wrote:
>  >>> I've just spent half my day attempting to get Postfix to function,
>  >>> without success.   My ISP blocks port 25, so I've attempted to setup
>  >>> the TLS relay to my SMTP host, but that doesn't work either.  Gone
>  >>> are the days of just editing a few configs and then everything
>  >>> works.  I've read more how-to's than I want to count, and none
>  >>> actually work.  If Xymon has 'alerts' built-in shouldn't it roll in
>  >>> an actual email relay tool that users can enter their basic SMTP
>  >>> server credentials and it just works? Can someone offer some sane
>  >>> assistance please?  I'm beating my head against the wall at this point.
>  >>>
>  >>> Kris Springer
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> On 1/10/20 7:07 AM, Root, Paul T wrote:
>  >>>> Postfix is the newer mail program.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> /etc/postfix/main.cf <http://main.cf>
>  >>>>
>  >>>> You'll want to set myhostname, myorigin, inet_interfaces,
>  >>>> my_destination, and maybe relayhost.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> They are pretty self expanitory.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> You might also need to look at the firewall.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> -----Original Message-----
>  >>>> From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com 
> <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>> On Behalf Of Kris Springer
>  >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2020 3:56 PM
>  >>>> To: Xymon MailingList <xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>>
>  >>>> Subject: [Xymon] New Xymon Server email
>  >>>>
>  >>>> I just built a new Ubuntu 19.10 server and installed Xymon server 
> on it
>  >>>> using the premade apt package.  I've got working hosts.cfg,
>  >>>> analysis.cfg, and client-local.cfg.  The webpage works fine and client
>  >>>> data flows in and displays accurately.
>  >>>>
>  >>>> I've also configured alerts.cfg to email me for everything, but 
> I'm not
>  >>>> receiving any emails in my mailbox.  In the past when I've built a
>  >>>> xymon
>  >>>> server box I installed Sendmail that took care of sending the emails
>  >>>> out.  But this is 2020 and I'm assuming something else is built into
>  >>>> the
>  >>>> Xymon Server code that does the emailing.  What am I missing here? 
> Do I
>  >>>> still need to install a separate mailer?
>  >>>>
>  >>>> --
>  >>>>
>  >>>> Kris Springer
>  >>>>
>  >>>>
>  >>>> _______________________________________________
>  >>>> Xymon mailing list
>  >>>> Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com>
>  >>>> 
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>  >>>
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