Symptoms

This does not impact ADMe operations other than not being able to receive mail notifications from ADMe.

Cause

The following four areas should be verified and updated as required in order to receive mail notifications from ADMe. Environment files variable CMD_mail: Must contain the path to the mailx programEnvironment files variable MAIL_TO: Must contain the required recipients email address'sWithin a Job Policy definition, the -m option must be present on the Tapeout_Flags lineThe file name /etc/mail.rc must be updated to ensure that the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) relay hostname is specified in it.

Resolution

The following four steps must be in place and verified in order to receive mail notifications from ADMe. Environment files variable CMD_mail: Must contain the path to the mailx program normally /usr/bin/mailx. Use the command which mailx to check if mailx is installed and to identify its path.Environment files variable MAIL_TO: Must contain the required recipients email address's comma separated if more than oneWithin a Job Policy definition, the -m option must be present on the Tapeout_Flags lineThe file name /etc/mail.rc must contain the following line in order for mailx to resolve the SMTP relay hostname set smtp= customers-smtp-relay-hostname The file /etc/mail.rc should have the correct SMTP relay hostname for mailx to work properly. set smtp=customers-smtp-relay-hostname

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