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3.
Enter details for the email server as follows:
Text Box
SMTP Server
From
Username
Password
Port
Timeout (seconds) To specify how long to try a connection before timing out, enter an integer
TLS
4.
Click Send Test Email perform the following:
a. In the Send Test Email dialog box, enter a destination email address for the test message and click
Send.
b. If the test message fails, exit the error dialog box and the Send Test Email dialog box, and revise
your email server configuration settings. Repeat step 4.
c. Click OK to confirm.
d. Verify the test email message was sent.
e. Return to the SMTP Server Settings dialog box, click Save to close the dialog box and save your
settings.
Configuring an Email notification template
To receive email notifications about events you must configure an email server and an email notification
template.
NOTE: To receive email alert messages, configure notification group settings and enable the Notify
by email option.
To configure an email server and email notification template:
1.
From the Core Console, click Configuration → Events.
2.
In the Email Settings pane, click Change.
The Edit Email Notification Configuration dialog box appears.
3.
Select Enable email notifications, and then enter details for the email server as follows:
Description
Enter the name of the email server to be used by the email notification
template. The naming convention includes the host name, domain, and suffix;
for example, smtp.gmail.com.
Enter a return email address. It is used to specify the return email address for
the email notification template; for example, noreply@localhost.com.
Enter a user name for the email server.
Enter a password for accessing the email server.
Enter a port number. It is used to identify the port for the email server; for
example, the port 587 for Gmail.
The default is 25.
value. It is used to establish the time in seconds when trying to connect to the
email server before a time-out occurs.
The default is 30 seconds.
Select this option if the mail server uses a secure connection such as Transport
Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
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