mode

Selects whether ommail sends mail directly via SMTP or through a sendmail-compatible local submission program.

This parameter applies to ommail: Mail Output Module.

Name:

mode

Scope:

input

Type:

word

Default:

input=smtp

Required?:

no

Introduced:

8.2606.0

Description

Use smtp to let ommail talk directly to an SMTP server. Use sendmail to invoke a sendmail-compatible binary and write the mail message to its standard input.

Input usage

module(load="ommail")
action(
    type="ommail"
    mode="sendmail"
    mailFrom="rsyslog@example.net"
    mailTo="operator@example.net"
)

See also

See also ommail: Mail Output Module.

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