@ in username

[vschallenberg]

I have been unable to successfully configure the Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM) "action mail" command when the "server-address" includes two "@" symbols.   The SMTP server that I will be using utilizes the user's email address as the username.  This places two "@" symbols in the "server-address".  This results in a "server-address" with the format: user@company.com:password@host.company.com.  When using this format, the router does not attempt to contact the SMTP server.  When removing the first "@" the router attempts to contact the SMTP server.  

I have attempted to solve this problem by placing double quotes (") around the "user@company.com" and separately by placing back slant (\) in front of the first "@".  Neither change solved the problem.

The router is a Cisco 2811 running IOS c2800nm-spservicesk9-mz.124-22.T4.bin.  Is there a work-around so that an SMTP server utilizing the complete user email address as the username can be used as the server associated with the EEM "action email" command?  

[Joe Clarke]

Unfortunately, this does not work in applets.  The workaround is to convert your applet to a Tcl policy using http://www.marcuscom.com/convert_applet/ then install it as an EEM Tcl policy.

[Ashok Kumar]

Hi 

Once i had such a requirement & below just worked fine for me, you can also try!

I was trying just like you the same format "user@company.com:password@host.company.com. but mail was not going out.

Then I tried without password, and it worked for me. Try & let me know!

event manager session cli username USER
event manager applet TEST
 event none maxrun 60
 action 1.0 cli "show command"
 action 2.0 mail server "mail.server.co.in" to "example@cisco.com" from "example_2@cisco.com" subject "TESTING" body $_cli_result 
 action 3.0 syslog msg "Mail_Sent"

- Ashok

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