SMTP

Module for outbound SMTP messages

Introduction

Platform module for application outbound SMTP requests.

Multiple instances of the module can be configured to support outbound request with different properties, like timeouts, proxies or SSL/TLS settings.

Callers targets the requested instance by its name which must be configuration unique.

Messages kan be sent in plain text or HTML format.

Configuration

Module name: SmtpClient

Properties

Name	Description	Default value	Mandatory
host	SMTP server host.	N/A
port	SMTP server port.	N/A
from	Who is the message from.	"[e-mail]"
user_name	User name when identifying against SMTP server.	N/A
password	Used when authenticating against SMTP server.	N/A
start_tls	Defines if communications must use TLS. Allowed values are : "OPTIONAL", "DISABLED" or "REQUIRED"	"OPTIONAL"
keep_alive	Should a pool be used keeping connections open.	true
reconnect_interval	value for reconnect interval in ms.	1000
keep_alive_timeout	This value determines how long a connection remains unused, in seconds, in the pool before being evicted and closed.	600
connect_timeout	How many seconds before a connect attempt fails.	5
disable_esmtp	set if ESMTP should be tried as first command (EHLO), rfc 1896	true
idle_timeout	Timeout in seconds.	600
login	possible options for a login into a SMTP server either "DISABLED", "OPTIONAL", "REQUIRED" or "XOAUTH2"	"OPTIONAL"
reconnect_attempts	Number of reconnect attempts.	3
use_alpn	Whether to use or not Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation.	false
ssl_trust_all	Ignore SSL validation.	false
ssl_handshake_timeout	the SSL handshake timeout in ms.	10
use_ssl	is SSL/TLS enabled.	false
proxy_host	Host for proxying.	N/A
proxy_port	Port for proxying.	N/A
proxy_user		N/A
proxy_password		N/A

Example

{
	"name": "SmtpClient",
	"enabled": true,
	"config": {
		"name": "smtp01",
		"host": "smpt.acme.org",
		"port": 25,
		"user_name": "smtp_user",
		"password": "smtp_password"
	}
}

Currently attachments are not supported

Metrics

This module produces metrics for each request.

Naming

name	fortified.internal.smtpclient_<metric-name>
tags	name=<instance-name>

Metric

Name	Type	Description
pending	gauge	Number of pending requests
success	counter	Number of successful request
failure	counter	Number of failed request
request	timer	Request time in ms

JMX example

/ JMX name for HttpClient request failure counter on 

// module instance "smtp01" 

metrics:name=fortifiedInternalHttpclient_failure.name.smtp01,type=meters