Configuring Alert Email; Adding Alert Email Addresses; Testing Alert Email - Fortinet FortiGate FortiGate-800 Installation And Configuration Manual

Logging and reporting

Configuring alert email

Adding alert email addresses

Testing alert email

FortiGate-800 Installation and Configuration Guide
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.
3 In the SMTP Server field, type the name of the SMTP server where you want the
FortiGate unit to send email, in the format smtp.domain.com.
The SMTP server can be located on any network connected to the FortiGate unit.
4 In the SMTP User field, type a valid email address in the format user@domain.com.
This address appears in the From header of the alert email.
5 In the Password field, type the password that the SMTP user needs to access the
SMTP server.
A password is required if you select Authentication.
6 Type up to three destination email addresses in the Email To fields.
These are the email addresses to which the FortiGate unit sends alert email.
7 Select Apply.
You can test the alert email settings by sending a test email.
To send a test email
1 Go to Log&Report > Alert Mail > Configuration.
2 Select Test to send test email messages from the FortiGate unit to the Email To
addresses.
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