Anyone Have Mail Alerts Working in Firewall-1 Windows Version?

Has anyone managed to make Mail Alerts work in Firewall-1 Windows Version?
Firewall-1 has a bin directory with its own utilities, including one with a
sendmail whose syntax is something like:

sendmail -s 'some subject here' -t 200.200.200.10 -f sender@domain.com
recipient@domain.com

You put that command onto the command line and execute it and standard in is
directed to the utility. I have tried entering valid RFC-822 headers, and
nothing happens when you end the command.

I have tried pasting the above into the mail alert edit text in the
Firewall-1 Properties for Logs and Alerts for mail alerts, and when a mail
alert is logged, no mail is being sent out.

Is there a trick to making this work?

--
Will

Re: Anyone Have Mail Alerts Working in Firewall-1 Windows Version?

Will wrote:
: Has anyone managed to make Mail Alerts work in Firewall-1 Windows Version?
: Firewall-1 has a bin directory with its own utilities, including one with a
: sendmail whose syntax is something like:

: sendmail -s 'some subject here' -t 200.200.200.10 -f sender@domain.com
: recipient@domain.com

[....]

: Is there a trick to making this work?

Whatever data you pipe to this command will go into the body of the mail
that is sent. What version of fw1 are you using? I haven't used this
feature in a few years, but it used to be working.

Lars

Re: Anyone Have Mail Alerts Working in Firewall-1 Windows Version?

wrote in message
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> Will wrote:
> : Has anyone managed to make Mail Alerts work in Firewall-1 Windows
Version?
> : Firewall-1 has a bin directory with its own utilities, including one
with a
> : sendmail whose syntax is something like:
>
> : sendmail -s 'some subject here' -t 200.200.200.10 -f
sender@domain.com
> : recipient@domain.com
>
> [....]
>
> : Is there a trick to making this work?
>
> Whatever data you pipe to this command will go into the body of the mail
> that is sent. What version of fw1 are you using? I haven't used this
> feature in a few years, but it used to be working.

So I went ahead and piped a file to the sendmail command above, and the
command immediately completes with no errors reported. In the sendmail log
on the SMTP host, however, there is no activity. The Firewall log also
shows no activity. The command is being issued from the console of the
Firewall-1 firewall. That test network uses version 4.0.

I manually telnet to port 25 on the same box and type help, and all of that
activity immediately shows in the sendmail log. The Firewall-1 log
immediately shows a connection.

So connectivity to the sendmail box is in place. The sendmail command
included with Firewall-1 however is apparently not attempting the
connection.

--
Will

Re: Anyone Have Mail Alerts Working in Firewall-1 Windows Version?

"Will" wrote in message
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> So I went ahead and piped a file to the sendmail command above, and the
> command immediately completes with no errors reported. In the sendmail
log
> on the SMTP host, however, there is no activity. The Firewall log also
> shows no activity. The command is being issued from the console of the
> Firewall-1 firewall. That test network uses version 4.0.
>
> I manually telnet to port 25 on the same box and type help, and all of
that
> activity immediately shows in the sendmail log. The Firewall-1 log
> immediately shows a connection.
>
> So connectivity to the sendmail box is in place. The sendmail command
> included with Firewall-1 however is apparently not attempting the
> connection.

Instead of using the defective sendmail.exe that comes with firewall-1, I
installed one that worked to a separate path on the boot device and tested
it successfully on the command line. It works.

I then added this new sendmail with an explicit path to its location into
the mail alert entry in the Properties Logs and Alerts dialog in Firewall-1.
It never gets invoked during a mail alert, or if it does there is an error.

Is there a firm requirement that all binaries executed from this dialog be
physically located in Firewall-1's bin directory?

--
Will

Re: Anyone Have Mail Alerts Working in Firewall-1 Windows Version?

"Will" wrote in message
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> Instead of using the defective sendmail.exe that comes with firewall-1, I
> installed one that worked to a separate path on the boot device and tested
> it successfully on the command line. It works.
>
> I then added this new sendmail with an explicit path to its location into
> the mail alert entry in the Properties Logs and Alerts dialog in
Firewall-1.
> It never gets invoked during a mail alert, or if it does there is an
error.
>
> Is there a firm requirement that all binaries executed from this dialog be
> physically located in Firewall-1's bin directory?

I solved this one. Basically, if there is any syntax error in the Mail
Alert Firewall-1 simply doesn't report it in the log except by making the
Alert line appear red. Firewall-1 had converted double quotes to single
quotes, which violated the syntax of the replacement sendmail utility I had
chosen. I simplified the command to not require any quotes, and then it
suddenly started to work.

--
Will