Smtp Authentication - 3Com SUPERSTACK 3 WEBCACHE 3000 User Manual

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SMTP Authentication

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YSTEM VENTS
A preload task has failed.
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Content Filtering Events
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This includes the following events:
The content filter license has expired.
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The Websense Enterprise server is unreachable.
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In addition to the above, the Webcache automatically generates the
email notifications shown in
You can send a test email to the SMTP server immediately by clicking
Send Now. You may want to do this to test that the Email Notification
settings are correct. The Webcache will indicate if the test email has been
sent successfully or not. If there is a problem it may take up to one
minute for the Send Now operation to time out depending on the type of
problem.
If you choose to configure Email Notification or Email Graphs on the
Webcache, you can enable and configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(SMTP) Authentication.
Enabling SMTP Authentication
You can enable SMTP Authentication for Email Notification or Email
Graphs by checking Enable SMTP Authentication and specifying an SMTP
Username and SMTP Password. The SMTP server will attempt to
authenticate email in the following way:
If the SMTP server reports that it cannot perform authentication, the
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email will fail. An entry is made in the Webcache's System Log to
record the failure.
If the SMTP server can perform authentication, the Webcache will
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automatically use the strongest form of authentication supported by
both the Webcache and SMTP server. It attempts to use CRAM-MD5
and Plain authentication in that order. CRAM-MD5 authentication
prevents the username and password from being sent as clear text.
Plain authentication sends the username and password as clear text.
The SMTP server must support CRAM-MD5 authentication for the
Webcache to use that method. CRAM-MD5 is an option in Unix SMTP
servers such as Sendmail. You must configure Sendmail to use a type
of SMTP authentication. Windows Exchange does not support
"Automatic System Events" on page 214.