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acavenago
Explorer

Hello,
can you please tell me what happens to email alerts if the smtp used for email delivery is temporary offline?
Is there a buffer where alerts are saved and then are sent once the smtp server becomes available again?
Is there a link to Splunk documentation about that?

Thank you,
Andrea

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richgalloway
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Don't let the SMTP server go off-line.  🙂

There is no Splunk feature for that.  Perhaps your mail admin can offer a solution, maybe using redundant servers.

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acavenago
Explorer

Thank you @richgalloway 

Is there a way to avoid losing alerts generated during the smtp server offline period?

 

Thank you,

Andrea

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richgalloway
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Don't let the SMTP server go off-line.  🙂

There is no Splunk feature for that.  Perhaps your mail admin can offer a solution, maybe using redundant servers.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If the SMTP server is not available then email messages will not be sent.  There is no queueing of emails.

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