On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:45 PM Jeff Dyke <jeff.d...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As Dan alluded to, I use a local postfix null mailer on my lan that sends to 
> a postfix relay from a single/failover point that then sends to gmail.
>
> Dan.  I have a question for you, perhaps i should start a new thread, but 
> you're so damn diligent about responding to queries, i thought i may just 
> append to my answer.  I know that OSSEC is EOL except for serious 
> changes/bugs.  I've used ossec for years and eventually moved to wazuh, which 
> I appreciate the fact that your name is in the credits, What is the plan to 
> support the current and non moving version of OSSEC?
>

This is news to me. AFAIK the project isn't dead, just moving very
slowly. There's no commercial entity behind development, so it gets
the time and energy people put into it.

> Thank you for all of your efforts, being on this list for many years has 
> taught me a lot about the underpinnings of your project!
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 2:55 PM dan (ddp) <ddp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 4:29 AM lê danh <conme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I am a new user, I just have ossec installed and I want to try its email 
>> > feature. I have configured the email address in ossec.conf as follows:
>> >
>> > <ossec_config>
>> >    <global>
>> >      <email_notification> yes </email_notification>
>> >      <email_to> conme...@gmail.com </email_to>
>> >      <smtp_server> alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. </smtp_server>
>> >      <email_from> ossecm @ ubuntu </email_from>
>> >    </global>
>> >
>> > <email_alerts>
>> >    <email_to> conme...@gmail.com </email_to>
>> >    <level> 5 </level>
>> > </email_alerts>
>> >
>> > and expect to receive email alerts at level 5 or higher, but the error has 
>> > occurred as follows:
>> > 2020/07/06 02:51:42 ossec-maild (1261): ERROR: Waiting for child process. 
>> > (status: 139).
>> > 2020/07/06 02:51:42 ossec-maild (1223): ERROR: Error Sending email to 
>> > alt4.gmail-smtp
>> >
>> > It didn't work, I hope everyone can help me fix this problem as soon as 
>> > possible. Sincerely thank you.
>> >
>>
>> I'm pretty sure gmail requires authentication. So you'll have to relay
>> the OSSEC emails through an smtp server that doesn't require auth.
>> Luckily, the OSSEC server is running on a Linux or other unix-like
>> system. An smtpd usually comes installed on the good ones.
>> Configure the locally installed smtpd to relay the messages through gmail.
>>
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