Question

So here’s my problem:

I cannot seem to be able to configure CruiseControl.NET to send out an e-mail to me when a build occurs ( I want it to always send me an e-mail, as specified below)

I copied the example from the documentation and filled it in with my own values.
http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Email+Publisher

Here’s the relevant section of ccnet.config below

<publishers>
      <merge>
        <files>
          <file>C:\Build\Temp\*.xml</file>
        </files>
      </merge>
      <xmllogger logDir="buildlogs" />
      <statistics>
        <statisticList>
          <statistic />
        </statisticList>
      </statistics>

      <email includeDetails="TRUE" mailhostUsername="user" mailhostPassword="password" useSSL="TRUE">
        <from>[e-mail]</from>
        <mailhost>mail.mycompanysmtpserver.com</mailhost>
        <users>
            <user name="MyName Lastname" group="buildmaster" address="[e-mail]" />
        </users>
        <groups>
            <group name="buildmaster">
              <notifications>
                <notificationType>Always</notificationType>
              </notifications>
            </group>
        </groups>
        <modifierNotificationTypes>
            <NotificationType>Failed</NotificationType>
            <NotificationType>Fixed</NotificationType>
        </modifierNotificationTypes>
        <subjectSettings>
            <subject buildResult="StillBroken" value="Build is still broken for {CCNetProject}" />
        </subjectSettings>
      </email>

    </publishers>

I have had a successful CruiseControl.NET server configured for some time, and it successfully updates people through CCTray, but I need to add e-mail support as well.

I’ve already looked at the relevant StackOverflow articles like this one and many more and tried my hand at googling the solution but I dont know what I could be doing wrong. The only other thing that I’d like to validate is that I can send/receive e-mails using my username/password with the SMTP server I received from IT

EDIT: I confirmed thru telnet that the SMTP server is working properly by following steps 1-5 in this article.

Anyone have any ideas as to why I’m getting this problem, or how to troubleshoot it further?

Answer 1

It looks like it was an SMTP server issue, not an issue with CruiseControl.net

See the comments under my post for more information. Testing using my personal gmail account resulted in a successful e-mail.