10.3.1 Settings
During installation, WEBES asks for an SMTP server address, and for the email addresses that you want to send reports to. Without valid addresses, SEA cannot send email notifications.
After installation, you can change these settings by editing the NotifyCA.txt file in a text editor. The NotifyCA.txt file is stored at the following location, depending on your operating system:
- Tru64 UNIX—/usr/opt/hp/svctools/specific/desta/config
- HP-UX—/opt/hp/svctools/specific/desta/config
- Linux—/usr/opt/hp/svctools/specific/desta/config
- OpenVMS—SVCTOOLS_HOME:[SPECIFIC.DESTA.CONFIG]
- Windows—install_directory\specific\desta\config
where install_directory is the directory where SEA was installedThe basic format of the NotifyCA.txt file is as follows:
SERVER=smtp.server.xyzcompany.com FROM=sendername@xyzcompany.com TO=username1@mailaddress1.com; username2@mailaddress2.com CC=username3@mailaddress3.com
- SERVER—Enter the address of a system running an SMTP server process, or localhost if the system running SEA also is an SMTP server.
- FROM—The domain (the part of an email address following the @ symbol) must be a real, registered one. Some SMTP servers do not deliver email for fake domain names. For sendername, you might choose the system name so that recipients see what node sent the problem report.
- TO—SEA automatically sends copies of problem reports to all users in the TO field. Use a semicolon to separate additional recipient addresses. Extra spaces are ignored.
- CC (optional)—SEA automatically sends copies of problem reports to all users in the CC field. Use a semicolon to separate additional recipient addresses. Extra spaces are ignored.
For changes to the NotifyCA.txt file to take effect, save the file, and stop and restart the Director (see Sections 3.8 and 3.7).
If your UNIX environment does not allow for SMTP forwarding using the normal protocol, add the following line to the NotifyCA.txt file:
CMD=mailx -s '%s' %tYou are free to substitute a different mail-sending command for mailx, if desired. SEA transparently replaces %s with the subject line of the problem report, and %t with all "TO" addresses, when forming the email message.
As of this release, using the "mailx" feature may result in multiple duplicate problem reports being sent.Ignore the duplicates.This will be corrected in a future WEBES release.