Getting E-Mail Notifications Of Event Logs And Alerts - NETGEAR FVS318 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS318v3

Getting E-Mail Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts

In order to receive logs and alerts by e-mail, you must provide your e-mail information in the Send
alerts and logs by e-mail area:
Figure 4-10: E-mail menu
• Turn e-mail notification on. Check this box if you wish to receive e-mail logs and alerts from
the firewall.
• Send alerts and logs by e-mail. If your enable e-mail notification, these boxes cannot be
blank. Enter the name or IP address of your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as
mail.myISP.com). You may be able to find this information in the configuration menu of your
e-mail program. Enter the e-mail address to which logs and alerts are sent. This e-mail address
will also be used as the From address. If you leave this box blank, log and alert messages will
not be sent via e-mail.
• Send E-mail alerts immediately. You can specify that logs are immediately sent to the
specified e-mail address when any of the following events occur:
– If a Denial of Service attack is detected.
– If a Port Scan is detected.
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