Email Client

Document revision:	1.1 (Tue Jul 06 10:15:56 GMT 2004)
Applies to:	V2.8

General Information

Summary

E-Mail client tool is used for sending e-mail messages from the router.

Specifications

Packages required: advanced-tools
License required: Level1
Submenu level: /tool e-mail
Standards and Technologies: none
Hardware usage: Not significant

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Description

This tool is mainly used in various types of scripts to inform the system administrator that some event has happened. You can also use this tool simply for sending e-mail messages over the network.

Configure Default Settings

Description

This section shows you how to configure the default e-mail client settings.

Property Description

from (text; default: "<>") - from field of the e-mail message

server (IP address; default: 0.0.0.0) - SMTP server to use when sending the e-mail message

Example

To set the default e-mail settings:

[admin@MikroTik] tool e-mail> set server=10.1.0.7 from=someone1@mikrotik.com
[admin@MikroTik] tool e-mail> print
    server: 10.1.0.7
      from: someone1@mikrotik.com
[admin@MikroTik] tool e-mail>

Sending a Message

Command name: /tool e-mail send

Description

This section describes the e-mail sending parameters.

Property Description

body (text; default: "") - the e-mail message's body (text that will be sent)

file (name) - name of the file on router to attach to the message

from (text; default: "<>") - 'from' field of the e-mail message (if none specified, the default 'from' field will be used)

server (IP address; default: 0.0.0.0) - SMTP server to use when sending the e-mail message (if none specified, the defauld SMTP server will be used)

subject (text; default: "") - subject of the message

to (text; default: "") - e-mail address of the recipient

Example

To send an e-mail message:

[admin@MikroTik] tool e-mail> send file=back.backup to=someone2@mikrotik.com \
\... body="This morning" subject="Backup"