E-Mail Alerts; Configuration" Tab; Enable E-Mail Notifications; Smtp Server - Stormshield SN series Configuration Manual

E-MAIL ALERTS

The screen consists of three sections:
Configuration tab: allows proceeding to the basic settings of module, such as SMTP server
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settings, e-mail sending frequency (in minutes), intrusion prevention alarms and system
events.
Recipients tab: allows defining groups that will be used in the mailing policies but also in
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other configuration modules in which e-mails need to be sent.
Templates tab: allows viewing and modifying e-mail formats, used when sending notifications
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to users and administrators.

"Configuration" tab

This tab contains all the necessary parameters for configuring e-mail alerts.
It consists of the following elements:

Enable e-mail notifications

This option enables the configuration of alerts. If it is disabled, none of the configuration items will
be accessible as the firewall will not send ay e-mails. This option is disabled by default.
The e-mail notification feature requires a mail server that can receive e-mails from the
firewall.

SMTP server

Server
Port
Authentication
Identifier
Password
DNS domain

E-mail sending frequency (in minutes)

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This field determines the host (SMTP server) to which the firewall will send e-mails, by
selecting it from the object database. This field is empty by default.
Port on the SMTP server to which e-mails will be sent. A list allows selecting an object,
whose default value will be "SMTP".
A login and password can now be defined for sending e-mail via the firewall. This
checkbox allows you to enable the authentication of the firewalls when sending e-
mail alerts.
This entry is disabled if the Authentication option is disabled. This field allows entering
the SMTP username (this entry has to be provided if authentication has been
enabled).
This entry is disabled if the Authentication option is disabled. This field allows entering
the SMTP username (this entry has to be provided if authentication has been
enabled).
This is useful for indicating the domain name of the e-mail sender. The e-mail address
of the sender will therefore be expressed as follows:
<firewall_name>@<domain_name>.
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