IDPA: How to test email connection from the Linux server

Summary: Process to test email out from Appliance Configuration Manager (ACM) or Data Protection Advisor (DPA) or any other Linux server in IDPA.

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Instructions

To check and see if ACM or DPA can send out email messages, run the following process:       

  1. Create a mail.txt file on the Linux server with the following information:      
From: ACM <idpa-acm@dell.lab>
To: Lauren Drew <lauren.drew@dell.com>
Subject: Test SMTP
Date: DD MMM YYYY

Team,
This is a test of the SMTP relay.
 
Change From line to the correct email address and To line to the user's name and email address.
  1. As root, run the following command:       
curl smtp://mailhub.lss.emc.com --mail-from idpa-acm@dell.lab --mail-rcpt lauren.drew@dell.com --upload-file mail.txt
 
Change idpa-acm@dell.lab to the correct from address and lauren.drew@dell.com to the user's email address.
 

The following is an example of settings and outputs that are received from a successful mail send:        
  
linux-kqsl:~ # cat mail.txt
From: DPA server <dpalab243@dell.com>
To: Lauren Drew <lauren.drew@dell.com>
Subject: Test email
Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2021

Team,
this is a test email
linux-kqsl:~ # curl smtp://mailhub.lss.emc.com --mail-from dpalab243@dell.com --mail-rcpt lauren.drew@dell.com --upload-file mail.txt
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   154    0     0  100   154      0    363 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   364
linux-kqsl:~ #
 
Email example output.



If this test email was received, then mail can be sent from this server.

 

Affected Products

Integrated Data Protection Appliance Family
Article Properties
Article Number: 000187397
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 02 Oct 2025
Version:  5
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