DPA: SMTP Security Settings for Publishing Reports Using Email

Summary: This article explains SMTP security settings for publishing reports using email messages.

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Symptoms

Data Protection Advisor is unable to publish Reports to the SMTP Server due to connection issue.

ERROR [com.emc.dpa.command.notification.NotificationSenderMDB] Problems while sending e-mail notification: Could not connect to SMTP host: SMTP-Host-Server-IP.com, port: 25, response: 554

 

Cause

The security settings on the SMTP server could cause this.
To check, telnet to the SMTP Server on port 25 from the DPA Application server, confirm what connection error is echoed back.

In this case, the connection from the DPA Application server host was rejected by the SMTP server.

554 5.7.1 <DPA-App-Server-Host-IP.com>: Client host rejected : Access denied

 

Resolution

Add the DPA Application servers IP/Hostname to the SMTP servers Security Access List so it accepts a connection from this host.
On some SMTP servers, it may also be required to add the "From E-mail Address" being used by DPA to an Access List for authenticating with SMTP relays.

 

Affected Products

Data Protection Advisor

Products

Data Protection Advisor
Article Properties
Article Number: 000050275
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 نيسان 2026
Version:  6
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