The Email output module allows you to write a simple email message.
Parameter | Default | Meaning |
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server | The IP or DNS name of your SMTP server | |
port | 165 | Theport for your SMTP server |
from | The address to send the message from | |
to | The address to send the message to | |
password | The password for the SMTP server | |
subject | The subject line of the email, with event substitutions | |
format | %M | The content of the email message, with event substitutions |
timezone | UTC | The timezone to write times in |
Example
[ { "type": "event", "method": "email", "server": "smtp.gmail.com", "port": 465, "from": "myemailaddress", "to": "theiremailaddress", "password": "******", "subject": "An Event Happened" } ]
The above example would send an email with the subject 'An Event Happened' and the content of the log message to 'theiremailaddress'.
Performance/Spam Warning
Like all of the announcement modules, this module may take some time to execute and will block the process in the mean-time.
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