Re: multiple email servers with authentication

The 'howto' page suggests that the username needs to be in quotes as 
well, in case you haven't tried that structure. It also appears to be 
version sensitive, which also plays into the problem, since you're using 
a very old version, but using current options.

https://mmonit.com/wiki/Monit/Gmail

On 5/29/2018 17:51 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> I tried something similar (I moved the timeout to the one clause at 
> the end). That didn't work. So it's not only "probably" not that 
> syntax, it's definitely not that syntax.
>
> And I read the docs. As you noticed, it does NOT document how to 
> supply the auth and protocol per server, which is a very common 
> requirement.
>
> I should have commented that I'm currently running v5.14.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gee Fitz <[email protected]>
> To: This is the general mailing list for monit <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2018 8:37 PM
> Subject: Re: multiple email servers with authentication
>
> Documentation clearly says
>
> -- Example (setting two mail servers for failover):
> set mailserver smtp.gmail.com <http://smtp.gmail.com>, smtp.other.host
>
> So it's probably
>
> set mailserver smtp.domain1.com <http://smtp.domain1.com> port 587, 
> smtp.domain2.com <http://smtp.domain2.com> port 465
> etcetera
>
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:55 PM, AJ Weber <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     I am attempting to configure multiple (backup) mailserver's. Each
>     has a unique username and password, and in fact, each has
>     different ports, protocols, etc.
>
>     I have tried this:
>
>     set mailserver smtp.domain1.com <http://smtp.domain1.com> port 587
>     username [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> password
>     "xxxxxxxxxx"
>     with timeout 30 seconds,
>     smtp.domain2.com <http://smtp.domain2.com> port 465
>     username otheruser password "yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
>     using SSL with timeout 30 seconds
>
>     This results in a configuration syntax error.
>
>     Can someone help me figure out how to configure my mailservers?
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     -AJ
>
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