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  • pacman
    I can turn a screw...
    250+ Posts
    • Apr 2009
    • 310

    Alerts / Notifications / Office 365?

    OK, I have a strange one here and I can't quite figure it out. I'm not sure if it goes here or in Networking. Let's start with the issue: The issue is my alerts / notifications are being sent with the heading of alerts<alerts@mydomain.com> instead of what they used to be NameofAccount <no_reply@whatever.com>
    So, here's what's happened:
    1: I changed my email service from a super old GoDaddy system (SMTP settings of smtpout.secureserver.com, no SSL/TLS, plain login credentials, port 3535) to Microsoft Office 365 (smtp.office365.com, accept all certificates, login credentials, port 587)
    2: We have a separate email account setup JUST for alerts which is alerts@mydomain.com
    3: On GoDaddy's older system, we could get around domain mismatches with a bogus return address that goes nowhere and it would still come to my email. We can't do that in Office 365.
    4: So, I've gone into a chunk of our accounts in the field and all I have done is changed the SMTP server to our office365 SMTP server and the from address to scans@mydomain.com I have left the FROM NAME as it was before. I've sent the Maintenance Alerts to alerts@mydomain.com

    So, what I'm getting is a whoooooole bunch of alerts with no actual FROM NAME and no way to distinguish who it came from. Cloud Connect isn't an option right now. Am I missing something? I'll be happy to provide any details / examples of what I'm getting.

    What I used to get was like:
    [Information] Open the front cover, and clean the slit glass and main charger.
    NameofAccount <no_reply@whatever.com>
    Date: 08-06-2021 13:53
    Machine Name: TOSHIBA e-STUDIO4505AC http://192.168.1.65/
    Function:
    Severity: Information
    Message:
    Open the front cover, and clean the slit glass and main charger.

    NOW, what I get is:
    [Information] Open the front cover, and clean the slit glass and main charger.
    scans
    Fri 8/6/2021 8:52 PM
    Date: 08-06-2021 13:55
    Machine Name: TOSHIBA e-STUDIO3505AC http://192.168.10.10/
    Function:
    Severity: Information
    Message:
    Open the front cover, and clean the slit glass and main charger.

    All I have changed is SMTP client to alerts@mydomain.com under office 365, FROM ADDRESS to alerts@mydomain.com, and admin/maintenance/notification/Notify administrator at Email Address 1 to alerts@mydomain.com - the ONLY thing I can think of is the fact that all three of them use alerts@mydomain.com information. Any ideas?
  • clint@clintsimonsen.com
    Trusted Tech
    Site Contributor
    100+ Posts
    • May 2013
    • 117

    #2
    Re: Alerts / Notifications / Office 365?

    When you set up the scans@mydomain on 365 did you leave the display name blank or fill it out as this will over-ride anything on the smtp sender.
    My recommendation is to go and get another domain eg customersmybusiness and set up an SMTP2go.com to go account then use customername@customersmybusiness.com
    Microsoft do not recommend leaving legacy authentication on as this leaves a security hole in your 365 tennant.

    Sent from my Nokia 8.3 5G using Tapatalk

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    • pacman
      I can turn a screw...
      250+ Posts
      • Apr 2009
      • 310

      #3
      Re: Alerts / Notifications / Office 365?

      SMTP2go was the, ahem, way to go! Thanks for the suggestion. Works like a champ!

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