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FAQ - What's necessary for e-mail dispatch?
In order to dispatch a message via e-mail within an action, it is necessary to configure the e-mail account in the router and add appropriate netfilter rules.
The configuration of the e-mail account takes place in the menu Events on the page E-mail account. Useful instructions for this are available in the inline help of this page that can be displayed with a click on ? Display help text.
If Netfilters are activated, it is neceesary to add the following netfilter rule to enable e-mail dispatch:
- Description: E-mail dispatch (proposal)
- Packet direction: OUTPUT
- Protocol: TCP
- Output interface: used WAN interface, e.g. lte2 or net3
- Source port: (field remains empty)
- Destination IP address: (field remains empty)
- Destination port: The SMTP port set in the menu Events on the page E-mail account
If the SMTP server of the e-mail account is specified in form of a domain name, it is necessary to add the following netfilter rule to enable a DNS resolution.
- Description: DNS queries sent by the router (proposal)
- Packet direction: OUTPUT
- Protocol: UDP
- Output interface: used WAN interface, e.g. lte2 or net3
- Source port: (field remains empty)
- Destination IP address: (field remains empty)
- Destination port: 53