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    Notificcations will not work

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      detox
      last edited by

      hello all!
      I go to System -> Advanced ->  Notifications
      to set up basic admin notices via email
      I leave Disable SMTP unchecked
      email server is my smtp email setting = smtpauth.earthlink.net
      smtp port = 25
      from block is home-pfsense@local
      notification email is my email address as well as notification email user auth
      notification email pw is entered correctly (2x)
      auth mechanisim is PLAIN ( as in my email client (Thunderbird) is configured
      I click on Test SMTP settings and nothing happens
      I tried all 3 of my email accounts setting them as pop and imap.  nothing goes
      What am I missing?  Do I need to install sendmail or something else?  Is there a setting in another place I am missing?

      I am stumped.  If someone can assist I'd really appreciate it

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        w0w
        last edited by

        What is "From e-mail address" field? Try to put there same e-mail which is registered on smtpauth.earthlink.net

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          detox
          last edited by

          w0w -  I tried that, just did not document in my post sorry.

          I just found the error in the system.log  It states:
          Error:550  Please configure your mail client to use authentication"

          After reviewing the system.log after each attempt, it finally went though  What an experiment of frustration.

          Suggestion to the developers:  Maybe include a logic tree of what logs handle what information?

          Thanks again w0w for your assistance

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            JorgeOliveira
            last edited by

            Which version of pfSense are you using?

            My views have absolutely no warranty express or implied. Always do your own research.

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              detox
              last edited by

              Jorge -

              Here are the stats on my install:
              Version 2.3.1-RELEASE-p5 (amd64)
              built on Thu Jun 16 12:53:15 CDT 2016
              FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p3

              The system is on the latest version.
              Platform pfSense
              CPU Type Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
              2 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 1 core(s) x 2 HTT threads
              Uptime 1 Day 00 Hour 29 Minutes 15 Seconds
              Current date/time
              Sun Jun 26 16:11:26 EDT 2016

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                detox
                last edited by

                I went through and double checked all my settings.  I discovered that the "From" line was causing the problem.
                I had to create an email for each pfsense box (used alias accounts) that was recognized by our mailserver.
                So, for one pfsense box I created an alias email of " office-1-pfsense@myemaildomain" and it worked fine
                I then created alias accounts for each pfsense box I will put into production so I can easily recognize them in my emails

                Thanks so much for all the comments and suggestions!!

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