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How to change From of alert mail

release date
2015-11-10
last updated
2023-05-19
version
Splunk Enterprise 9.0.4
Overview
This article describes how to change the sender (From) of the email sent by an alert action.
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If you want to change the sender (From) of the email sent by the alert action, you can change it by the following method. (There are 2 ways)

When changing the sender (From) common to all alert mails

Change the value of "Send emails as" in Email Format in Settings > Server Settings > Email Settings.

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When changing the email sender (From) for each individual alert

Set the following in savedsearches.conf of the server that performs the search.

<path to save savedsearches.conf>

  • If the permission is "Private"

    Linux: $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/<owner>/<app name>/local/savedsearches.conf
    Windows: $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\users\<Owner>\<App name>\local\savedsearches.conf

    Example) $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/admin/search/local/savedsearches.conf
  • If the permission is "App"

    Linux: $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/<app name>/local/savedsearches.conf
    Windows: $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\apps\<app name>\local\savedsearches.conf

    Example) $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/search/local/savedsearches.conf

*$SPLUNK_HOME is the installation directory. By default, it is as follows:

Linux: Splunk Enterprise: /opt/splunk
Universal Forwarder: /opt/splunkforwarder

Windows: Splunk Enterprise : C:\Program Files\Splunk
Universal Forwarder: C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder


<Settings>

[alert name] action.email.from =< address for from >

例)アラート名がtest_alert、from用アドレスがsplunk@macnica.co.jp の場合

[test_alert]
action.email.from=splunk@macnica.co.jp

*After changing the settings, restart the splunk service.

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