Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Notifications are a critical part of effective monitoring in the lab and production environments. With it becoming more challenging to use SMTP notification due to more and more security layers that are now required for sending SMTP messages, such as DKIM, SPF records, and proper reverse DNS records.
Apprise Github page:
github.com/caronc/apprise
Mailrise Github page:
github.com/YoRyan/mailrise
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My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
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linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction - 0:00
Describing traditional workflow and problem with email - 0:48
Introducing Apprise and Mailrise - 2:03
Overview of the Apprise service and how it works - 2:39
Thinking about the advantages of Apprise - 3:42
What about legacy applications and hardware that only supports SMTP? 4:15
Introducing Mailrise SMTP gateway - 4:42
Legacy devices can SMTP to Mailrise and it translates to modern notification services - 5:30
Simple config for modern notifications in Mailrise - 6:11
Example files for Mailrise notifications - 6:25
Exciting possibilities for home labs - 6:37
Installing Mailrise - 7:30
Copying the mailrise installation command - 7:55
Prerequisite to the install - 8:08
Executing the installation of Mailrise - 8:20
Creating a service file for Mailrise - 8:38
Pasting in service file configuration for Mailrise - 8:54
Creating the Mailrise configuration file - 9:28
Looking at the config file for Mailrise and example config - 9:45
Looking at the configuration for Pushover notifications - 10:22
Discussing the user and application tokens - 10:53
Starting the Mailrise service configuration - 11:37
Talking about testing Mailrise notifications using PowerShell - 11:50
Using send-mailmessage cmdlet to test - 12:20
Talking through the command - 12:35
Added notifications to desktop - 13:38
Running the test of Mailrise notifications to Pushover - 13:56
Wrapping up the testing workflow - 14:20
IoT Notification System Push Notifications for Home Lab no SMTP required:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/iot-notification-system-push-notifications-for-home-lab-no-smtp-required
My home lab environment:
virtualizationhowto.com/home-lab
Supermicro VMware Home Lab:
virtualizationhowto.com/2020/06/supermicro-vmware-home-lab
Notifications are a critical part of effective monitoring in the lab and production environments. With it becoming more challenging to use SMTP notification due to more and more security layers that are now required for sending SMTP messages, such as DKIM, SPF records, and proper reverse DNS records.
Apprise Github page:
github.com/caronc/apprise
Mailrise Github page:
github.com/YoRyan/mailrise
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction - 0:00
Describing traditional workflow and problem with email - 0:48
Introducing Apprise and Mailrise - 2:03
Overview of the Apprise service and how it works - 2:39
Thinking about the advantages of Apprise - 3:42
What about legacy applications and hardware that only supports SMTP? 4:15
Introducing Mailrise SMTP gateway - 4:42
Legacy devices can SMTP to Mailrise and it translates to modern notification services - 5:30
Simple config for modern notifications in Mailrise - 6:11
Example files for Mailrise notifications - 6:25
Exciting possibilities for home labs - 6:37
Installing Mailrise - 7:30
Copying the mailrise installation command - 7:55
Prerequisite to the install - 8:08
Executing the installation of Mailrise - 8:20
Creating a service file for Mailrise - 8:38
Pasting in service file configuration for Mailrise - 8:54
Creating the Mailrise configuration file - 9:28
Looking at the config file for Mailrise and example config - 9:45
Looking at the configuration for Pushover notifications - 10:22
Discussing the user and application tokens - 10:53
Starting the Mailrise service configuration - 11:37
Talking about testing Mailrise notifications using PowerShell - 11:50
Using send-mailmessage cmdlet to test - 12:20
Talking through the command - 12:35
Added notifications to desktop - 13:38
Running the test of Mailrise notifications to Pushover - 13:56
Wrapping up the testing workflow - 14:20
IoT Notification System Push Notifications for Home Lab no SMTP required:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/iot-notification-system-push-notifications-for-home-lab-no-smtp-required
My home lab environment:
virtualizationhowto.com/home-lab
Supermicro VMware Home Lab:
virtualizationhowto.com/2020/06/supermicro-vmware-home-lab
