[ossec-list] Re: OSSEC 0.9 Cannot send email

[swbradley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

When I started I had a similar problem.

I used that actual IP address instead of locahost or 127.0.0.1 and that
worked for me.

steve


>
> Hi,
> I just recently installed ossec 0.9 on Redhat Linux and I am getting the
> following errors in the logs:
> 2006/08/08 09:58:44 os_sendmail(1707): End of DATA not accepted by server
> 2006/08/08 09:58:44 ossec-maild(1223): Error Sending email to 127.0.0.1
> (smtp server)
>
> I checked the source and it seems that the email server is not receiving
> a satisfactory "250" message from my local SMTP server, which happens to
> be qmail.  I tried telnetting locally to 25 and sent off a test email
> without problems, so it's not asking for authentication.  Here is the
> relevant ossec.conf entries:
>
>   <global>
>     <email_notification>yes</email_notification>
>     <email_to>chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</email_to>
>     <smtp_server>localhost</smtp_server>
>     <email_from>ossecm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx</email_from>
>   </global>
>
> The server is running on localhost and the type of installation of ossec
> is local.  Please let me know if I missed something or if you need
> further information.
>
> thank you,
> chuck
>
>