Re: Sending test emails from M/Monit

[Thorsten Kampe]

* Martin Pala (Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:40:54 +0100)
> the current M/Monit version doesn't have the "Test mail" button, it
> will be part of next release.

> To find the root cause of the problem in the current M/Monit version:
> 1.) check the message queue in the "Admin" -> "Overview" -> "Message
> queue" tab … if any message has temporary delivery problem, it will be
> listed here along with the root cause

> 2.) check the error.log and mmonit.log in the "logs" directory … it
> contains logs for every rejected/failed message

I switched from traditional SMTP port 25 to the "new" standard 
submission port (587). Looks like there were two problems with that:

1. "Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address" and after I 
fixed that

2. "Recipient address rejected: You must be authenticated to use this 
service."

Strangely, the "Test connection" button reported "OK" in both cases 
(which completely misled me). That's why I think, a "send test email" 
button would really be better than a "test connection" button.

Thorsten