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JustCooLpOOLe
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Mar 18, 2021

F5 Device SMTP Server Config and TLS

Hi,   I'm trying to configure the SMTP server within Device -> Configuration -> SMTP but apparently it wants to communicate via TLSv1 which is an issue as the mail relay server that I have to use...
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JustCooLpOOLe
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I did find this: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K72681151

 

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Nikoolayy1
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Mar 22, 2021

That seems bad :(

 

If they say it is not a bug but a feature that in the future tey will add I sugest trying with the SIEM or syslog server. You may generate a custom log in /var/log/apm with the Access policy logging agent and then when the log is send to the SIEM/syslog server they will generate email:

 

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13595

 

 

 

F5 HSL logging to SIEM or syslog:

 

 

https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-external-monitoring-implementations-12-0-0/4.html

 

 

 

You also use SNMP station/server with F5 traps but it is harder:

 

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K3727

 

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51341580