Configuring Alert Email; Adding Alert Email Addresses - Fortinet FortiGate 50A Installation And Configuration Manual

Logging and reporting

Configuring alert email

Adding alert email addresses

FortiGate-50A Installation and Configuration Guide
Figure 46: Example new traffic address entry
You can configure the FortiGate unit to send alert email to up to three email addresses
when there are virus incidents, block incidents, network intrusions, and other firewall
or VPN events or violations. After you set up the email addresses, you can test the
settings by sending test email.
• Adding alert email addresses
• Testing alert email
• Enabling alert email
Because the FortiGate unit uses the SMTP server name to connect to the mail server,
the FortiGate unit must look up this name on your DNS server. Before you configure
alert email, make sure that you configure at least one DNS server.
To add a DNS server
1 Go to System > Network > DNS.
2 If they are not already there, type the primary and secondary DNS server addresses
provided by your ISP.
3 Select Apply.
To add alert email addresses
1 Go to Log&Report > Alert Mail > Configuration.
2 Select the Authentication check box if your email server requires an SMTP password.
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