Drobo 8D User Manual page 127

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Tip:

You can send a test message by clicking the Send Test E-mail button.

5. In the Port text box, modify the TCP/IP port through which your server expects SMTP submissions,

if needed. The default is 25.

6. If your SMTP server requires authentication, select the Authentication check box and enter the

following information for the "from" e-mail address:

● In the Username text box, enter the username used to retrieve incoming e-mail.

● In the Password text box, enter the password used to retrieve incoming e-mail.

● If your SMTP server uses an encrypted connection, select the Use SSL check box.

7. Click the OK button. The Dashboard Preferences page opens.

Navigate to the Drobo Dashboard E-mail Alerts area, ensure that Send e-mail alerts check box is

selected and then select one of the following options:

● On all useful information – All alerts related to the condition of the Drobo devices will be e-

mailed. These are Drobo Notifications and can include, for example, when a new drive is added to

or removed from the Drobo device.

● When a situation is important – Alerts will be e-mailed only to warn of an important change to

one or more of the Drobo devices that could lead to a critical situation in the near future. These are

Drobo Warnings and can include, for example, when you convert to Dual Disk Redundancy on the

Drobo device.

● On critical situations only – Alerts will be e-mailed only to warn of a critical status with one or

more of the Drobo devices that could lead to potential data loss. These are Critical Drobo Alerts,

which can include when the Drobo device cannot currently protect your data against drive failure,

when the Drobo device doesn't recognize one or more of the drives installed, when the Drobo

device does not detect any drives or when too many drives have been removed.

Note:

Once a mail server is configured, it is possible to switch between either of the

Mail Server configurations, but it is not possible to de-configure it. However, you can

uncheck the Send email alerts checkbox in the Dashboard Preferences page to stop

receiving any e-mail alerts.