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Unable to contact SMTP Host - ReadyNas
Model: ReadyNAS Pro 2 [X-RAID2] Serial: 2K231C0G010A4 Firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.27 Memory: 1024 MB [DDR3] Trying to setup alerting. Have tried email provider as 'custom' and 'i...
Found the solution
Figured it may be an Exchange issue as everything else looked ok.
Checked in EMC - server configuration - hub transport - receive connectors. Did not appear to be a connecter configured to allow the NAS to send. Added a new receive connector allowing mail to port 25 and specifying the NAS IP address. Authentication set to externally secured.
Configured NAS to send to/from appropriate email addresses and now tested ok.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the prompt reply.
The NAS does have a static IP and the DNS server is configured (the correct one!).
Not sure I want to use a Gmail account when there is a perfectly good Exchange server running.
Unless of course this model won't talk to exchange...
Found the solution
Figured it may be an Exchange issue as everything else looked ok.
Checked in EMC - server configuration - hub transport - receive connectors. Did not appear to be a connecter configured to allow the NAS to send. Added a new receive connector allowing mail to port 25 and specifying the NAS IP address. Authentication set to externally secured.
Configured NAS to send to/from appropriate email addresses and now tested ok.
Hope this helps!
Hi AusSnowy,
Thanks for sharing!
Please feel free to post anything you feel like posting about your NAS. Thanks for the contribution!
Regards,
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