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You are setting yourself up for a DoS attack on your email server. Also, that would be quite a bit of CPU on the F5. As mentioned above, the correct way would be to use High Speed Logging (HSL) to offload a custom message to a remote syslog, splunk, zabbix, whatever server. Then on that remove purpose built logging device I would setup rules for any email generation. Just because you can hack the F5 to do this, you shouldnt. Sometimes, it is best for the operational and security risk of your infrastructure to tell the business or application team that they are smoking too much grass, and that what they are requesting cant be done on the F5. Simple.
- PauliusJul 27, 2023MVP
Asim_IIPL I agree with whisperer but maybe not with the delivery to the team asking for this because that probably wont go over well. 🤣 I would take a moment to explain to them the issue and why the F5 email route is not best.
- Asim_IIPLAug 03, 2023Altocumulus
whisperer whisperer KeesvandenBos Samir
Thank you all for the support. Currently we are not going to implement the solution as it comes with a lot of risks and resouce consumptions.