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  • Posted by trescool on January 31, 2010 at 21:18

    hello, I’m testing that Pandora seems to be an excellent tool.
    with no linux knowledge, I used VMware.
    I can not create mail alert which is a bit annoying.
    I found the basic functions of Linux to find the file pandora_server.conf and editing with “vi”
    I changed the parameters for the party and MTA:

    mta_adress: smtp.monfai.com
    mta_port: 25
    mta_user: [email protected]
    mta_auth: 1234
    mta_from: [email protected]

    I restart the virtual machine but I do not receive mail when an alert is triggered.
    I do not know about vmware version if there are additional things to do to make this work?

    thank you for your help

    sorry for the google translation but I do not speak English.

    Sancho replied 15 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Sancho

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    I think your using the mta parameters badly because the “:” chars, should be something like:

    mta_adress smtp.monfai.com
    mta_port 25
    mta_user [email protected]
    mta_pass 1234
    mta_from [email protected]

    You was not using properly the mta_auth config token, is to set “type” of authentication mechanism, not password (for that is mta_pass). If you have a special MTA mechanism, use:

    mta_auth LOGIN

    Good luck and happy hacking !

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    thank you!
    I used the same syntax as described in the file: pandora_server.conf with “:”, and i did not understand the function mta_auth. thank you for that clarification.
    I think this part could be enhanced to facilitate configuration for beginners like me 😉

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    Sure, I will add to our FAQ !