Fail to send the test email after configuring the SMTP settings in SMP console when using office365.com as SMTP

Products

• Client Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

Fail to send the test email after configuring the SMTP settings in SMP console when using office365.com as SMTP.

ERROR:

Test failed
SMTP operation failed with the following details: Server:smtp.office365.com; Port:587(A value of -1 indicates default); Username:[email protected]; Error Message: Failure sending mail..
[Altiris.NS.Exceptions.AeXException @ Altiris.NS]
at Altiris.NS.Utilities.MailStdScripting.Send(AltirisMailMessage amail, Int32 retries)
at Altiris.NS.Utilities.MailStdScripting.Send(String strFromAddress, String strToAddress, String strSubject, String strBodyText, Int32 nBodyFormat, Int32 retries)
at Altiris.NS.UI.cfgEmailConfig.btnTestEmail_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
Failure sending mail.
[System.Net.Mail.SmtpException @ System]
at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message)
at Altiris.NS.Utilities.MailStdScripting.Send(AltirisMailMessage amail, Int32 retries)
Unable to read data from the transport connection: net_io_connectionclosed.

Environment

Release : ITMS 8.6 RU3

 

Resolution

This issue has been addressed in our ITMS 8.7.x releases.

For those in ITMS 8.6 RU3, please refer to KB 249427, which contains a pointfix for this issue and the new coresetting info.