Re: correct STARTTLS syntax for email alerts?

[David Newman]

On 7/30/18 10:50 AM, address@hidden wrote:

> The configuration looks fine, please can you send Monit log?

It's just a lot of entries like this. I deliberately stopped the Mailman
service to try to force an email alert from Monit.

Thanks in advance for any troubleshooting clues.

dn

[PDT Jul 29 16:03:50] info     : Starting Monit 5.25.2 daemon with http
interface at [localhost]:2812
[PDT Jul 29 16:03:50] info     : 'mail8.networktest.com' Monit 5.25.2
started
[PDT Jul 29 16:03:55] error    : 'mailman' service restarted 1 times
within 1 cycles(s) - alert
[PDT Jul 29 16:03:55] error    : Mail: Mailserver response error -- 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
[PDT Jul 29 16:03:55] error    : Aborting event
[PDT Jul 29 16:03:55] info     : 'mailman' process is running after
previous restart timeout (manually recovered?)
[PDT Jul 29 16:03:55] error    : Mail: Mailserver response error -- 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
[PDT Jul 29 16:03:55] error    : Aborting event
[PDT Jul 29 16:04:30] error    : 'mailman' process is not running
[PDT Jul 29 16:04:30] error    : Mail: Mailserver response error -- 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
[PDT Jul 29 16:04:30] error    : Aborting event
[PDT Jul 29 16:04:30] info     : 'mailman' trying to restart
[PDT Jul 29 16:04:30] info     : 'mailman' start:
'/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailman start'
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : 'mailman' service restarted 1 times
within 1 cycles(s) - alert
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : Mail: Mailserver response error -- 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : Aborting event
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] info     : 'mailman' process is running with pid 18239
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : Mail: Mailserver response error -- 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : Aborting event
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] info     : 'mailman' process is running after
previous restart timeout (manually recovered?)
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : Mail: Mailserver response error -- 530
5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
[PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : Aborting event





> 
> Best regards,
> Martin
> 
> 
>> On 30 Jul 2018, at 01:16, David Newman <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> FreeBSD 11.2, monit-5.25.2 compiled from ports with SSL/TLS support
>>
>> What's the correct syntax for monit to use STARTTLS when sending email
>> alerts?
>>
>> Currently monit logs this error:
>>
>> [PDT Jul 29 16:05:21] error    : Mail: Mailserver response error -- 530
>> 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first
>>
>> Using this configuration in /usr/local/etc/monitrc:
>>
>> set ssl options {
>>        version: auto
>>        verify: enable
>>        pemfile: /etc/ssl/certs/mail.example.com/everything.pem
>> }
>>
>> set mailserver mail.example.com
>>      port 587
>>        username "address@hidden"
>>      password="wouldnt-you-like-to-know"
>>        using ssl
>>
>> check process mailman with pidfile
>> /usr/local/mailman/data/master-qrunner.pid
>>        group mailman
>>        start program = "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailman start"
>>        stop program = "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mailman stop"
>>        if 1 restarts within 1 cycles then alert
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> dn
>>