# Logstash email output plugin issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 25, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248 "2017-10-25T13:15:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![RohanKumbhar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rohankumbhar/32/23649_2.png) [@RohanKumbhar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RohanKumbhar)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248/1 "2017-10-25T13:15:16Z")

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Getting below error while using email output plugin

[ERROR][logstash.outputs.email] Something happen while delivering an email {:exception=\>#\<Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - Connection refused\>}

Kindly help here.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248/2 "2017-10-25T14:03:45Z")

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What does your email output configuration look like?

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**Author:** ![RohanKumbhar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rohankumbhar/32/23649_2.png) [@RohanKumbhar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RohanKumbhar)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248/3 "2017-10-26T08:06:56Z")

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email {  
to =\> 'reciever@xyz.com'  
from =\> 'sender@xyz.com'  
address =\> "[smtp.office365.com](http://smtp.office365.com)"  
codec =\> "plain"  
via =\> "smtp"  
contenttype =\> "text/html; charset=UTF-8"  
username =\> 'sender@xyz.com'  
password =\> 'mypass'  
subject =\> 'test email'  
body =\> "%{message}"  
port =\> 587  
use\_tls =\> true  
}

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248/4 "2017-10-26T08:41:25Z")

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So are you able to connect to [smtp.office365.com:587](http://smtp.office365.com:587) outside of Logstash?

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**Author:** ![RohanKumbhar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rohankumbhar/32/23649_2.png) [@RohanKumbhar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RohanKumbhar)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248/5 "2017-10-26T09:46:34Z")

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Hi @magnusbaeck,

Yes, i'm able to send mail from email-output plugin now after adding authentication=\> "login" parameter and installing telnet on my machine.

Thanks for your help here.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2017, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-email-output-plugin-issue/105248/6 "2017-11-23T09:46:35Z")

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