Test was not successful: Email test error: [Invalid Addresses]/storage/log/vcops/log/analytics-UUID.log displays the following errors:ERROR analytics [com.vmware.vcops.platform.notification.email.EmailSender.call] - Failed to send email Outbound Email message: 'Test email from VMware Cloud Foundation Operations outbound email plugin'; To: ; <receipient_email_address>; Invalid Addresses
ERROR analytics [com.vmware.vcops.plugins.filter.EmailPlugin.test] - Email test failed: [Invalid Addresses]
/storage/log/vcops/log/vcops-bridge.log displays: ERROR vcfops-bridge [ops@#### threadId="######" threadName="ServerConnection on port ##### Thread ###" operationId=""] [com.vmware.vcops.bridge.server.BridgeTracerAspect.processBridgeResult] - Email test error: [Invalid Addresses]
(curl -v --ssl-reqd --url smtp://<SMTP-FQDN>:<Port> --mail-from <Sender-Email-Emailaddress> --mail-rcpt <receipient_email_address> -F "text='Email Test'" ) also fails with a rejection from the SMTP server:root@<Hostname> [ ~ ]# curl -v --ssl-reqd --url smtp://<SMTP-FQDN>:<Port> --mail-from <Sender-Email-Emailaddress> --mail-rcpt <receipient_email_address> -F "text='Email Test'"
Host <SMTP-FQDN>:<Port> was resolved.
SSL certificate verified via OpenSSL.
Established connection to <SMTP-FQDN>:<Port> from ###.##.###.## port #####
> MAIL FROM:<Sender-Email-Emailaddress> SIZE=###
< 250 2.1.0 Ok
> RCPT TO:<receipient_email_address>
< 553 5.7.1 <Sender-Email-Emailaddress>: Sender address rejected: not logged in
RCPT failed: 553
shutting down connection #0
curl: (55) RCPT failed: 553VCF Operations 9.1
A metadata key rename in version 9.1.0 caused existing email plugins to drop their authentication setting, resulting in the SMTP server rejecting the connection.
This issue will be fixed in the upcoming 9.1.1 release
For a workaround, please Contact Broadcom Support and ensure that Article ID 450350 is noted in the problem description when submitting the case.
For standard configuration details, refer to the official documentation: Adding Outbound Notification Plug-Ins