{"id":1041,"date":"2023-09-15T09:16:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/?page_id=1041"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T22:37:20","slug":"how-i-set-up-email-alerts-on-zoneminder-on-debian-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/?page_id=1041","title":{"rendered":"How I set up Email Alerts on Zoneminder on Debian 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

First you will have to install MSMTP<\/strong>\u00a0 ( If
\nssmtp , sendmail\u00a0 available , please uninstall completely )<\/p>\n

Open the terminal and run<\/p>\n

sudo apt install msmtp<\/code><\/p>\n

Then create sendmail file which a symlink of msmtp ( at \/usr\/bin)\u00a0 in
\n\/usr\/sbin\/<\/p>\n

Note: before making below symlink , make sure that there is no sendmail
\nfile in \/usr\/bin<\/p>\n

sudo ln -s \/usr\/bin\/msmtp \/usr\/sbin\/sendmail<\/code><\/p>\n

When zmfilter.pl searchs\u00a0 for \/usr\/sbin\/sendmail , it redirects to
\nmsmtp which is the main executable file at \/usr\/bin\/<\/p>\n

Now you will have to create a configuration file called msmtprc<\/strong>
\nwhich contains email hosts ,ports ,certificates ,email details etc at the
\ndirectory \/etc\/
\nsudo nano \/etc\/msmtprc<\/code>
\nWhen the empty file is opened, enter the following scripts
\n# Set default values for all following accounts.
\ndefaults
\nauth\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on
\ntls\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on
\ntls_trust_file \/etc\/ssl\/certs\/ca-certificates.crt
\nlogfile\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~\/.msmtp.log
\n# Gmail
\naccount\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 gmail
\nhost\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 smtp.gmail.com
\nport\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 587
\nfrom\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 your gmail address
\nuser\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 your gmail address
\npassword\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 your gmail \"app\" password
\n# Set a default account
\naccount default : gmail<\/code><\/p>\n

Exit and save the file<\/p>\n

Note: for info on Gmail App passwords see https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/185833?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n

To add group www-data to the file<\/p>\n

sudo chown root:www-data \/etc\/msmtprc<\/code><\/p>\n

Now you can try a test mail on the terminal<\/p>\n

echo \"Subject: msmtp test\" | msmtp -v an.em@il.address<\/code><\/p>\n

(replace an.em@il.address with a real address)<\/p>\n

Now go to Options\/Email on the ZM-Console<\/strong> and set the
\nfollowing:-<\/p>\n

OPT_EMAIL\u00a0\u00a0 ticked
\nMESSAGE_ADDRESS\u00a0\u00a0 I do not think this needs to be entered here as
\nit is now entered in the “Filter”
\nNEW_MAIL_MODULES\u00a0\u00a0 ticked
\nEMAIL_HOST\u00a0\u00a0 localhost
\nFROM_EMAIL\u00a0\u00a0 the same address you used in the \/etc\/msmtprc connfig
\nfile
\nURL\u00a0\u00a0 e.g. http:\/\/host.your.domain\/zm\/index.php
\nSSMTP_MAIL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ticked
\nSSMTP_PATH\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/usr\/bin\/msmtp<\/p>\n

To set up filters<\/strong> you now enter the “Email Body” with
\nwhat used to be entered in the Options Email “Message_Body”I used:-<\/p>\n

ZM alarm detected – %EL% secs, %EF%\/%EFA% frames, t%EST%\/m%ESM%\/a%ESA% score.<\/p>\n

Attach (first) event image with the highest score : %EIM%
\nPath to the event stream : %EPS%
\nPath to your ZoneMinder console : %ZP%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First you will have to install MSMTP\u00a0 ( If ssmtp , sendmail\u00a0 available , please uninstall completely ) Open the terminal and run sudo apt install msmtp Then create sendmail file which a symlink of msmtp ( at \/usr\/bin)\u00a0 in \/usr\/sbin\/ Note: before making below symlink , make sure that there is no sendmail file […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1041","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1053,"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041\/revisions\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fishy.fisher.net.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}