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Hello !

I would like to know if it is necessary to install a MTA (Mail Transfert Agent) to be able to send emails from a VM ?

For example, for Zabbix to be able to send emails notifications...
For example, for JIRA ticketing to be able to send reset password email...

Does it mean that I need to use SMTP (to send) on a Debian VM ?
SMTPD or Postfix ?

First of all, I'm sorry for the obvious question, and secondly, thank you for enlightening me.

Philippe

The package requirements are the same between a vm and bare metal.
Status as a vm is not relevant, assuming the vm has working networking.

Hello Cwf and sorry to be late!

In fact i am unable to send email from zabbix server to my gmail address using Google's SMTP Server despite recommended configuration :

SMTP server (i.e., outgoing mail server): [smtp.gmail.com (http://smtp.gmail.com)
SMTP username: Your full Gmail or G Suite email address (e.g., example@gmail.com or example@your_domain)
SMTP password: Your Gmail or G Suite email password
SMTP port: 465
SMTP TLS/SSL required: yes

And i was wondering if if need a special email server config on zabbix server ?

THANKS to share
Philippe

486DX2 wrote: 2024-10-15 12:50 Hello Cwf and sorry to be late!

Using the @ button above will send a notification.
I can't help with the mail server config. I just commented that a vm has no special consideration.

Without knowing what Zabbix does or does not in order to send (submit) e-mails, I note that GMail is not the best option for this, as it generally doesn't allow standard password authentication. (Plus using "http://smtp.gmail.com" is definitely wrong).