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Email data/content to Splunk index?

the_wolverine
Champion

Has someone come up with a way to send an email that would inject the contents of the email into Splunk?

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sideview
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can set up the imap app, aka 'mail' app, and then email anything you like to the email account that it's periodically indexing.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Yes. The IMAP application would do that. If you set up an IMAP server to receive messages, and use the Splunk for IMAP scripted input/app to fetch the messages from there.

In principle, a similar application could be made for a POP mail server. It's probably best to use something like this that leverages an existing mail infrastructure and server so as to avoid having to maintain your own.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Yes. The IMAP application would do that. If you set up an IMAP server to receive messages, and use the Splunk for IMAP scripted input/app to fetch the messages from there.

In principle, a similar application could be made for a POP mail server. It's probably best to use something like this that leverages an existing mail infrastructure and server so as to avoid having to maintain your own.

royimad
Builder

Hello, I'm facing exactly the same situation.
Any idea how to use IMAP, the needed steps ?

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sideview
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can set up the imap app, aka 'mail' app, and then email anything you like to the email account that it's periodically indexing.

n

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