Using the E-mail Server option, you can configure Manager (or Central Manager) to point to an email server for sending out system emails. For example, these emails can be security notifications that have been prioritized by selecting E-mail or Pager. Using this action, you can also specify the From address for the system emails.
To configure a mail server for notifications, do the following:
Select Manager → <Admin Domain Name> → Setup → E-mail Server.
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Provide the following information:
Enable E-mail Forwarding? — Select the check box to allow notifications to be sent to an email server, or deselect the check box to disable notifications to the email server.
Sender E-mail Address — Email address from where messages are sent.
SMTP Server Name or IP Address — Name or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of the email server.
Port Number — Port number on which SMTP Server is listening.
Note
By default, port
25(default SMTP port) is set in the Port Number field. You can change it depending on the SMTP port you set while configuring the email server.Message Subject Prefix — This is an optional field where the text entered in it is prefixed to the message subject for all emails sent by the Manager.
Server Authentication Required? — Select the check box if Server Authentication is required, or leave it unchecked if Server Authentication is not required.
Login Name — of the sender's email account.
Password — of the sender's email account.
Click Save to apply all the changes.
Note
Upon saving the changes, you can click Test Connection to test if the SMTP server connection is successful or not.