Unitrends and Office365
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So just got official word from Unitrends that Office365 is supported by them. They said it will work natively. The issue by default is they have 25 as the SMTP port and it obviously needs to be 465 for Office365. So, that being said, change one setting at the CLI level and use the normal setup means for email reports.
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Have you tested it out yet?
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I tried some but was unsuccessful in getting it to work. Further testing will proceed soon.
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TLS has to be used.
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I'm aware. The problem is that by default UT uses port 25 for SMTP by default. I found in the installer's access KB an article on how to set it to 587. So, in theory, after changing the port, you should only have to use authentication for the email server of smtp.office365.com and I'd assume it'd use TLS but it was unable to get it working.
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If all you did was change the port, how could it be using TLS? Unless you are turning TLS on, it's off.
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@scottalanmiller I am going to have to look into that. I'm not sure how you'd go about doing that on a UT box...
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I am going to have to look into that. I'm not sure how you'd go about doing that on a UT box...
Last I knew, it wasn't supported.
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@scottalanmiller And that's what everyone is saying. I'm getting different stories from higher ups though. They say it works with UT's O365 but they are using some sort of weird relay and I'm not sure what it is. Going to have to look into it some more.
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller And that's what everyone is saying. I'm getting different stories from higher ups though. They say it works with UT's O365 but they are using some sort of weird relay and I'm not sure what it is. Going to have to look into it some more.
It's a relay, plain and simple. We know that that works. "Using a relay" is a term of "it's not supported." That means that you have to build a proxy email server that handles Office 365 on UT's behalf because UT doesn't support it. It's like how 12 year old's are "able to drive a car" meaning "they can be a passenger in a car that someone else drives."
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@scottalanmiller I'm aware. I've had it insisted to me that it works but a lot of installers are saying it doesn't. I'm pretty sure it doesn't but will try a couple more things to confirm before I go back and confirm it still doesn't.
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What is it about companies making products that still don't natively support email over TLS? come on people it's security. SIGH!
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@Dashrender I know. It's silly.
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I didn't see it here, but did anyone mention that updates to the Unitrends appliance will also reset the default port 25 for SMTP? If you use the work-around, you'll need to repeat it after every time you run updates.
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I'm aware. I've had it insisted to me that it works but a lot of installers are saying it doesn't. I'm pretty sure it doesn't but will try a couple more things to confirm before I go back and confirm it still doesn't.
"It works with a relay" is marketing for "it's not supported yet". You just have to learn to hear when someone says something that sounds positive on the surface but is actually a negative. They were telling you that it doesn't work.
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@art_of_shred said:
I didn't see it here, but did anyone mention that updates to the Unitrends appliance will also reset the default port 25 for SMTP? If you use the work-around, you'll need to repeat it after every time you run updates.
You could use a script or a tool like cfEngine to override that. But it is extreme the degree to which it does not support Office 365. Far more than just lacking support. It actively breaks it. The OS itself supports it.
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Bottom line is: create a gmail account and fwd it to your 365 account. Works all the time. Not a "correct practice" solution, but that's what there is.
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@scottalanmiller I think your point about turning on TLS is valid. I need to see if there is a way to do that. These all seem like really easy things to just make easier. An input box on the settings page for SMTP that allows you to specify the port number and set TLS as enabled/disabled would not be that hard...
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller I think your point about turning on TLS is valid. I need to see if there is a way to do that. These all seem like really easy things to just make easier. An input box on the settings page for SMTP that allows you to specify the port number and set TLS as enabled/disabled would not be that hard...
Really? You shouldn't have to enable it - it SHOULD be enabled by default to try it first - if it fails than go to non TLS. It's not like most mail servers aren't using TLS on a standard port (those that support it).
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@Dashrender I am not sure about that but if it's on port 25 that would indicate to me it's off by default. FWIW
