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Status Delivered
Workspace API Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 11, 2019

Sending email via smtp EHLO with a hostname or configurable hostname instead of 127.0.0.1

A customer SMTP server was configured and sending the test email in the APIC CMC is failing due to the following problem.

IBM Case: TS002656673

----Error Message ---
A Server Error occurred
Error sending mail message using mail server named smtp1-xxxx (smtp1.xxx.xxx.de) with host smtp1.xxx.xxx.de and port 25 (Invalid response for EHLO/HELO: 501 Syntactically invalid HELO argument(s): 501 Syntactically invalid HELO argument(s)).
400
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The SMTP Server is denying sending the email as APIM send EHLO/HELO: [127.0.0.1] instead of a real hostname or an valid IP.



Steps to reproduce:
-----------------------
1. Create an SMTP Server that denies EHLO/HELO from [127.0.0.1]
2. Setup SMTP in CMC
3. Test Email configuration
Customer SMTP server denies sending from 127.0.0.1.

Idea priority Urgent
RFE ID 137202
RFE URL
RFE Product IBM API Connect
  • Admin
    Dan Temkin
    Reply
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    Oct 25, 2022

    This was delivered in v2018.4.1.9. If you are still seeing issues please open a support ticket. If it requires new enhancements please open a new Idea request at ideas.ibm.com