[ossec-list] Re: Alerts not mailing out, OSSEC 1.2 and Ubuntu Feisty

["McClinton, Rick" <rmcclinton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> I'm using OSSEC Hids 1.2 and Ubuntu Feisty 7.04, and after a
successful
> install of OSSEC, I did not receive any emails to the email address I
> had entered into the setup option. After looking at the logs, this is
> what I get:
> 
> 2007/07/19 23:43:51 os_sendmail(1705): RCPT TO not accepted by server
> 2007/07/19 23:43:51 ossec-maild(1223): Error Sending email to
> 72.14.203.25 (smtp server)
> 
> Here are my mail settings:
> 
> <global>
>     <email_notification>yes</email_notification>
>     <email_to>myemail.com</email_to>
>     <smtp_server>smtp.google.com</smtp_server>
>     <email_from>ossecm@xxxxxxxxxxx</email_from>
>   </global>
> 
> (Obviously I've changed some things...)
> 
> My guess is that I need to login to google's smtp server before I can
> send mail, any suggestions on how to do this? Also, google uses TLS by
> default, so I would need to specify the port as 465 rather than the
> default 25 ('smtp.google.com:465' didn't work).
> 
> Is there anyway to get this working? It worked in Ubuntu Dapper, I
> swear. Thanks in advance
> 

Maybe you've obfuscated too much in your example. Google's SMTP server
should never accept mail for relay to your myemail.com. Why not use a
local SMTP server, with port 25 inbound blocked you'll never be an open
relay.
 
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