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Configuring SMTP settings

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To configure the SMTP settings, perform the following subtasks:

  • Specify the SMTP server

  • Set the default SMTP notification settings

  • Configure authentication for SMTP notifications

To specify which SMTP server to use:
  1. Enable the CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Enable email notifications:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email enable
  3. Set the mail relay address used to send the email notifications:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email mailhub addressip_address
  4. Set the mail port used to send the email notifications.

    hostname (config) # fenotify email mailhub portport-number
  5. Save the configuration:

    hostname (config) # write memory
To configure the default settings for SMTP notifications:
  1. Enable the CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Enable email notifications:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email enable
  3. Set the domain from which emails appear to come:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email domainemail-domain
  4. (Optional) To include the hostname in the return address for email notifications:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email return host-namehost_name
  5. Set the user name in the return address for email notifications (the default is do-not-reply):

    hostname (config) # fenotify email return user-name user_name
  6. Select one of the XML, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), or Text options for the default format of the notification:

    Note

    The json_legacy-concise, json_legacy-extended, and json_legacy-normal formats are deprecated.

    • To send notifications in XML Concise format containing basic information such as alert type, ID, source IP, malware name, hostname, and alert URL, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format xml-concise
    • To send notifications in XML Extended format containing detailed information and abstracts including data-theft information (if any) and static-analysis details (XML Extended provides all details about files and objects modified during analysis.), enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format xml-extended
    • To send notifications in XML Normal format containing detailed information and abstracts such as alert type, ID, source IP, malware name, hostname, and alert URL without any redundant information, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format xml-normal
    • To send notifications in JSON Concise format containing basic information such as alert type, ID, source IP, malware name, hostname, and alert URL, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format json-concise
    • To send notifications in JSON Extended format containing detailed information and abstracts including data-theft information (if any) and static-analysis details (JSON Extended provides all details about files and objects modified during analysis.), enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format json-extended
    • To send notifications in JSON Normal format containing detailed information and abstracts such as alert type, ID, source IP, malware name, hostname, and alert URL without any redundant information, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format json-normal
    • To send notifications in Text Concise format containing basic information such as alert type, ID, source IP, malware name, hostname, and alert URL, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format text-concise
    • To send notifications in Text Extended format containing detailed information and abstracts including data-theft information (if any) and static-analysis details (Text Extended provides all details about files and objects modified during analysis.), enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format text-extended
    • To send notifications in Text Normal format containing detailed information and abstracts such as alert type, ID, source IP, malware name, hostname, and alert URL without any redundant information, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default format text-normal
  7. Specify how the notification is delivered by default:

    • To deliver the notification as an email attachment, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default send-as attachment
    • To deliver the notification in the email body (the default), enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default send-as in-line
  8. Specify the default delivery schedule for email notifications:

    Note

    Trellix recommends using per-event notifications.

    • To receive information about all events detected in the past 24 hours, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default delivery daily-digest
    • To receive information about each event, sent when the event is triggered, enter:

      hostname (config) # fenotify email default delivery per-event
  9. Save the configuration:

    hostname (config) # write memory
To configure authentication for SMTP notifications:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode:

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Enable email notifications:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email enable
  3. Enable authentication for event mail notifications:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email mailhub auth enable
  4. Enter LOGIN or CRAM-MD5 as the authentication method you want to use to send event mail notifications.

    hostname (config) # fenotify email mailhub auth auth-method <auth-method>

  5. Set the username required to authenticate sending event email notifications:

    hostname (config) # fenotify email mailhub username <username>
  6. Set the password required to authenticate sending event email notifications:

    • The password is obfuscated as you type it.

      hostname (config) # fenotify email mailhub password
      Password: <******>
      Confirm: <******>
    • To skip the prompt and display the password in clear text.

      hostname (config) # fenotify email mailhub password <password>
  7. Save the configuration:

    hostname (config) # write memory