Thanks Adam! I removed postfix (I had to manually remove the folders) and then reinstalled it, I brought the default config.php (I leave copies of some files
in their folders) back to life and configured it, and then I tried yet another mail –s test. I think we’re good…
userX@Observium2:/opt/observium$ sudo ./test_alert.php -a 11
Observium 22.5.12000
Test Alert Notification
o Queueing Notification [327]
o Notifying [email] userX - Email: {"email":"userX@domain.com"}
[OK]
userX@Observium2:/opt/observium$
Thanks,
Joe Brouillette
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Subject: Re: [Observium] Unable to email
Why are you using SMTP if the postfix can send email? :D
I swear, almost every single “why doesn’t email work” email is people trying to make the SMTP transport work. There’s something seriously deficient in the SMTP libraries.
It’s way easier just to use normal mail delivery with a working local MTA.
Adam.
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I did the debug and this was the result:
[ authentication failure [SMTP: STARTTLS failed (code: 220, response: 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS)]]
(I tried –dd hoping for more information and my computer unplugged itself)
Googling that error had a few hits about authentication. I checked my Exchange server logs but didn’t find much there. It is a local Exchange server so I checked
for Observium tips on using Exchange server but I didn’t find anything pertinent. Are there any additional configuration steps to get Observium to shoot through Exchange?
Thanks,
Joe Brouillette
IT Specialist
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That’s not how test_alert.php works:
USAGE:
test_alert.php -a alert_entry_id [-d debug]
test_alert.php -c contact_id [-r] [-d debug]
The -a argument should be an alert_entry_id (an individual alert), or you can use -c where the argument should be a contact_id. You can find these IDs in the UI when you visit the pages for the entries they refer to.
Adam.
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Subject: [Observium] Unable to email
I had to redo my Observium installation and at this time I’m unable to receive any alerts. I tried testing postfix and that works:
sudo echo "This is the body of the email" | mail -s "This is the subject line"
userX@domain.com
When I try it with Observium I get nothing:
userX@Observium2:/opt/observium$ ./test_alert.php -a
userx@domain.com
Observium 22.5.12000
Test Alert Notification
userX@Observium2:
I’ve Googled this and I found serveral hits to change the PHP file, but I understood that we shouldn’t be “tweaking” that file. Any ideas on what I’ve missed?
Thanks,
Joe Brouillette
IT Specialist
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509.664.7643
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