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Splunk does not send alert email

kheir7
Loves-to-Learn

Since the upgrade from v8.0.1 to v8.0.5, the splunk alert email did not work. We have the alert_actions.conf configured and nothing has changed in it.

In troubleshooting the problem i tested the sendemail command through the search and an error returned:

"command="sendemail", character mapping must return integer, None or unicode while sending mail to: [email protected]"

Anyone having the same issue?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
See the Release Notes at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/ReleaseNotes/Knownissues#:~:text=SPL-193332
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