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Name

snmp_trap — Send SNMP traps from a Sieve script

Synopsis

snmp_trap { hash }

Description

snmp_trap sends an SNMPv2 trap described by the given hash, which must be created by hash_create. The hash may have the following elements:

address

IP address of the server to send the trap to. If no address is specified, the port and community options are ignored and the trap is sent to the server(s) specified by one or more Trap_Destination stanzas within the SNMP_TRAPS stanza in SNMP.

Warning

Currently, the snmp_trap action does not fall back to the address configured in the Trap_Destination stanzas within the SNMP_TRAPS scope. As a workaround, use this hash element to configure an explicit trap address when sending a trap from Sieve.

port

UDP port number on the destination server, as specified by address, to send the trap to. The default port number is UDP port 162.

community

Set the Community option value to the desired SNMP community the traps are to be a part of. "Public" is the default value for this option.

mib

The object identifier (OID) to use for the trap. The default value is a generic trap using the OmniTI Enterprise MIB, "1.3.6.1.4.1.19552.1.4.7".

trapvar.type

The type of trap variable to send. This may be one of the following: "COUNTER", "GAUGE", "STRING", "IPADDRESS". "STRING" is the default value for this option.

trapvar.mib

The object identifier (OID) to use for the trap variable. The default value corresponds to a generic trap using the OmniTI Enterprise MIB and is "1.3.6.1.4.1.19552.1.4.1.0".

trapvar

The actual contents of the trap variable to send. This option specifies the data to be transferred in the trap.

The following example will send an SNMP trap to the server specified by the SNMP_TRAPS stanza of SNMP (if any) when a message is received that contains a X-Spam-Status header with a value of Yes.

if header :contains "X-Spam-Status" "Yes" {
        $hash = hash_create;
        hash_set $hash "trapvar" "SPAM detected";

        snmp_trap $hash;
        ec_action 550 "spam detected";
    }

To send the trap to a specific host and port combination, something like the following can be used.

if header :contains "X-Spam-Status" "Yes" {
        $hash = hash_create;
        hash_set $hash "address" "10.1.2.3";
        hash_set $hash "port" 1062;
        hash_set $hash "trapvar" "SPAM detected";

        snmp_trap $hash;
        ec_action 550 "spam detected";
    }

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