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Cannot Resolve Name Of The Outbound SMTP Server

Microsoft.SharePoint.2016.Cannot_resolve_name_of_the_outbound_SMTP_server (Rule)

This Rule collects data when SharePoint cannot resolve the name of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server. This can happen because the name of the SMTP mail server is incorrect or the Domain Name Server (DNS) server is unavailable.

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Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SharePoint.2016.SPServer
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Event_ID6856
Event SourceMicrosoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue
Event LogApplication

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
WriteToDB WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent Default
WriteToDW WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.SharePoint.2016.Cannot_resolve_name_of_the_outbound_SMTP_server" Enabled="true" Target="MOSS16Core!Microsoft.SharePoint.2016.SPServer" ConfirmDelivery="false" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>EventCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

      <LogName>Application</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">6856</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value Type="String">Microsoft-SharePoint Products-SharePoint Foundation</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>