3.6. Mailers

  1. It is possible to send email alerts when the state of servers changes.
  2. If configured email alerts are sent to each mailer that is configured
  3. in a mailers section. Email is sent to mailers using SMTP.

mailers 

  1. Creates a new mailer list with the name <mailersect>. It is an
  2. independent section which is referenced by one or more proxies.

mailer :

  1. Defines a mailer inside a mailers section.

Example:

  1. mailers mymailers
  2.     mailer smtp1 192.168.0.1:587
  3.     mailer smtp2 192.168.0.2:587
  5. backend mybackend
  6.     mode tcp
  7.     balance roundrobin
  9.     email-alert mailers mymailers
  10.     email-alert from test1@horms.org
  11.     email-alert to test2@horms.org
  13.     server srv1 192.168.0.30:80
  14.     server srv2 192.168.0.31:80

timeout mail 

  1. Defines the time available for a mail/connection to be made and send to
  2. the mail-server. If not defined the default value is 10 seconds. To allow
  3. for at least two SYN-ACK packets to be send during initial TCP handshake it
  4. is advised to keep this value above 4 seconds.

Example:

  1. mailers mymailers
  2.     timeout mail 20s
  3.     mailer smtp1 192.168.0.1:587