[cisco-voip] SMTP relay

[Brian Meade]

Another option is to just use an external syslog server instead and set up
rules for alerts on a normal ticketing system.

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Charles Goldsmith <wokka at justfamily.org>
wrote:

> Yes and yes, for the IP authentication, customer would have to have a
> static ip address.
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Very cool about the gmail relay service. Will have to look into that.
>>
>> Question though - are your servers not on private address space? Are they
>> then NAT/PAT'ed to communicate out?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 10, 2017, at 12:09 AM, Charles Goldsmith <wokka at justfamily.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> AFAIK, RTMT cannot be authenticated.
>>
>> I wouldn't trust a windows solution, especially a free/low cost one.
>>
>> To me, an SMTP appliance is no better than me installing linux and
>> setting it up, unless it is smart enough to auto update itself and protect
>> itself (install and forget).  I'd hate for one of my customers to have
>> issues with an email server getting compromised and spamming out their
>> network.
>>
>> But, you pointed me to just googling an smtp appliance, which I didn't
>> think to do, and found this article at google :
>> https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en which details SMTP
>> relay to google with various options.  Has anyone used this and how
>> reliable is it?
>>
>> Good thoughts, but let's see if someone else has ideas.
>>
>> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Some things that pop into mind:
>>>
>>> - can rtmt be configured with authenticated smtp server? That
>>> would/should allow you to use any mail system (including off prem if
>>> routable rtmt host)
>>>
>>> - Google smtp appliance. I tried doing this a while ago and found some
>>> options.
>>>
>>> - look for a Windows solution. Windows is easier to keep patched.
>>> *tongue in cheek* there are usually windows experts around. As long as the
>>> o/s is patched and the f/w is set so that only rtmt host can connect,
>>> should be ok. You can go so far as to deploy on a small laptop with flash
>>> drive with  wired, wireless and 3/4G  connectivity to ensure that messages
>>> always go out. Battery backup helps in case of power outage.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> > On May 9, 2017, at 10:31 PM, Charles Goldsmith <wokka at justfamily.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone have thoughts on how to relay RTMT alerts for small
>>> customers who have no local SMTP server?
>>> >
>>> > I know I can spin up a linux box, but then maintaining it, many
>>> customers don't have the knowledge and there is always a risk when leaving
>>> something like this unmaintained.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
>>> > Charles
>>> >
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