choosing correct e-mail system
I am system administrator for a surveillance system consisting of 7 servers: 2 of these are controller and backup and 1 is archive, 4 are actually recording cameras for review; and five workstations for review and real-time.
I recently discovered my archive was sending error messages, cause found and corrected, but I suddenly thought it would be nice to use the software's error reporting to e-mail errors or reports. The system does not touch the internet and it is prohibited except for short term connections I must document.
Is there a freeware e-mail server and client (for 7 servers and 1 workstation) I can use to build a reporting system? I am not an IT guy but everything I see and my one attempt to make it happen, lead me to think I am asking too much or understanding too little. The Thunderbird package looks like a definite maybe. My surveillance software is Avigilon and my servers run Win 7 or Win Server 16, my client PCs are Win 7 or Win 10.
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email to where is really the question. you can set up a local mail server and log into it and retrieve the mail the surveillance system sends, thus removing the need to have an internet connection, but you will need to be connected to the network the servers are on to get your mail. Perhaps a dial in VPN arrangement.
But your in the wrong place as what you need is server based software, not a mail client. Something like the packages lised here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mail_server_software
Dovecot gets a lot of mentions around the Thunderbird project, so it is either very complex or a leading light and simple, or even both depending on how far you go. I really am not familiar with any of them. You might want to look at their Dovecot software for ideas.
My thought was to put server and client on my backup domain controller with clients on all other servers plus my workstation PC so the e-mail would be used by the software to send notifications to my workstation address with servers each having an identifying address. The other workstations are used every day so I'm aware of problems there. The server's software has an option to e-mail but no e-mail client, but everything is running together on the same private ip network. The IP cameras can detect issues and could e-mail, for example, if they had an address to send warnings. I thought I'd grab a piece of freeware, name an address 55@192168014.net or 20@local.net or something, and some sort of nearly-magic would ensue. Not knowing how stuff is done leads to this.
The option to email usually does not require a client, instead using a direct SMTP or MAPI connection to the mail server. The MAPI option can require a mail client, but Thunderbird does not allow automated sending. someone has to click the send button so it is not really suitable for the job.