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5.9
Messaging
BAT54-Rail/F..
Release
7.54
06/08
D Send a test e-mail
Some mail clients require a confirmation from the user before sending via
third-party applications. Test the alarm function with this button.
5.9 Messaging
The action table contains the following variables for control over messaging
when certain events occur in the BAT:
D %a
WAN IP address of the WAN connection relating to the action.
D %H
Host name of the WAN connection relating to the action.
D %h
as %h, except the hostname is in small letters
D %c
Connection name of the WAN connection relating to the action.
D %n
Device name
D %s
Device serial number
D %m
Device MAC address (as in Sysinfo)
D %t
Time and date in the format YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
U Example: Broken connection alert as an SMS to a mobile
telephone
The placeholder %t allows the current time of an event to be incorporated into
a message. For example, an alert about the interruption of an important VPN
connection can be sent by e-mail or as an SMS to a system administrator's
mobile telephone.
The following requirements have to be met for messaging:
D The status of the VPN connection must be monitored, for example by
means of "dead-peer-detection" (DPD).
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