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#15933 WAF email notifications to multiple addresses?

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 01:03 CDT

Monday, 29 April 2013 12:31 CDT

formfranska
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Quick setup https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/admin-tools/ch01s04.html
Web Application Firewall https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/admin-tools/web-application-firewall.html#waf-configure
Have I searched the tickets before posting? YES
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? YES
Web Application Firewall https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/admin-tools/web-application-firewall.html#waf-configure
Joomla! version: Joomla! 2.5.11
PHP version: PHP v 5.3.13
MySQL version: MySQLi Client API version 5.1.66-cll-lve
Host: www.oderland.se
Admin Tools version: Admin Tools Professional version 2.5.4

Description of my issue:

I'm just wondering if it's possible to use multiple email addresses when configuring WAF and if so how to do it (just divide them with a comma for example)? I'm thinking of all the places where I can fill in an email address like for example:
- Email this address on successful back-end login
- Email this address on failed back-end login
- Email this address if an IP is auto banned
- Email this address on security exceptions

Is it possible?

Greetings
Anna

Monday, 29 April 2013 14:18 CDT

nicholas
Hello Anna,

The reason why this is not implemented is performance. Each additional notification email sent will slow down the page load and increase server load. You can do something more efficient. Create a virtual email address on your server which forwards the emails to a distribution list. Most hosting control panels support it and usually call it email aliases, email lists or mailing lists. This puts the responsibility of the multiple email sending to the server and not the PHP script, which is usually twice as fast. But, again, do consider the increased server load from such a feature and weight its benefits over the performance impact very carefully.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Monday, 29 April 2013 14:48 CDT

formfranska
Hello Nicholas,
Thank you for your explanation and for the fix using "mailing lists" instead (and only if necessary). I so much appreciate how you elaborate your answers. I learn something new every time :-)

Greetings
Anna

Tuesday, 30 April 2013 01:03 CDT

nicholas
You're welcome!

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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