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    SMTP Email notifications fail in 4 out of 27 pfSenses

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    • GertjanG Offline
      Gertjan @serbus
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      Did I just heard that head slapping ?

      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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      • bmeeksB Offline
        bmeeks
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        You heard a slap against my forehead as well. I completely missed that typo when I reviewed the OP's screen capture the first time.

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @bmeeks
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          doh.gif

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          • pfrickrollP Offline
            pfrickroll @bmeeks
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            @bmeeks All firewalls have same configuration for SMTP but only 4 receive that particular error as shown in my screenshot. I have correct time on firewalls.

            I am kind of new to Office365, I looked around in admin center in message center, mail flow and alerts but didn't find anything unusual and no trace of emails from those 4 firewalls. Where do I have to look specifically?

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              bmeeks @pfrickroll
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              @pfrickroll said in SMTP Email notifications fail in 4 out of 27 pfSenses:

              @bmeeks All firewalls have same configuration for SMTP but only 4 receive that particular error as shown in my screenshot. I have correct time on firewalls.

              I am kind of new to Office365, I looked around in admin center in message center, mail flow and alerts but didn't find anything unusual and no trace of emails from those 4 firewalls. Where do I have to look specifically?

              Did you see the other replies in this thread? I failed to notice that you have misspelled the email server name. You typed "smpt" instead of "smtp" in the email host. Fix that and see if it then works.

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                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pfrickroll
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                @pfrickroll said in SMTP Email notifications fail in 4 out of 27 pfSenses:

                Where do I have to look specifically?

                smtp.png

                No your never going to connect there.. Because its not smpt is its SMTP..

                You have the wrong address..

                typo.png

                Which is why its DOH!!

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                • bmeeksB Offline
                  bmeeks
                  last edited by bmeeks

                  Like @johnpoz is saying, the error is on your pfSense firewalls (likely all 4 of them that are not working). Notice in your screen shot you posted in your original message that you have the Email Server name spelled wrong. You have "smpt.office365.com" and it should instead read "smtp.office365.com". You have the "t" and "p" backwards in the name.

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                  • johnpozJ Offline
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @bmeeks
                    last edited by johnpoz

                    I blame it on MS, they should clearly allow for both smtp and smpt ;) to account for their userbase ;) hehehehe

                    Are not fqdn like nukes - you should just have to be close is all ;)

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                    • pfrickrollP Offline
                      pfrickroll
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                      Oh my goodness, my eyes. Such a dumb mistake

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                      • johnpozJ Offline
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pfrickroll
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                        ie the whole DOH joke ;)

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                        • pfrickrollP Offline
                          pfrickroll @johnpoz
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                          @johnpoz I think forums needs emoji reactions :)

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                          • bmeeksB Offline
                            bmeeks @pfrickroll
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                            @pfrickroll said in SMTP Email notifications fail in 4 out of 27 pfSenses:

                            Oh my goodness, my eyes. Such a dumb mistake

                            Don't feel too bad. I didn't notice the typo either when I replied initially.

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                            • pfrickrollP Offline
                              pfrickroll @bmeeks
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                              @bmeeks

                              Serbus even wrote it out for me, i read it like "doh" i know. Tell me something else, i feed dumb

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                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @bmeeks
                                last edited by johnpoz

                                We should submit a bug request to MS about it ;)

                                they should prob register smpt.office356.com etc.. and all the other possible typo scenarios ;) hehehe

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                                  @johnpoz said in SMTP Email notifications fail in 4 out of 27 pfSenses:

                                  prob register smpt.office356.com

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                                  In addition to the traffic destined to windows.com, the researcher was also able to captured UDP traffic destined for Microsoft's time server, time.windows.com, and TCP traffic meant to reach Microsoft's services such as Windows Push Notification Services (WNS) and SkyDrive (former name of OneDrive)."

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                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @SteveITS
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                                    @steveits

                                    Yeah had seen the bitflipping and ntp article - somewhat relatable sure to such typo domains ;)

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