The Mail Tab


In the Mail tab you define the default settings for the email system throughout your network.

When defining the mail server the agent will try to establish a connection with the server via the entered values to make sure all entries are correct. If the connection cannot be established and error message displays and the window can only be closed by entering the correct values or via the Cancel button if you do not have the correct information.

Name

Description

Mail Server Name

Defines the name of the mail server to which all mail is set for routing, the default is localhost .

Mail Port Number

Defines the port number of the mail server, the default value is 25 .

Encryption

This parameter defines if the mail server requires encryption for its communication, possible values are Force encryption , Encrypt if possible or Never Encrypt .

Encryption Type

If the mail server requires encryption this text box defines which type of encryption is used, such as sslv2 , sslv3 , tisv1 , and so on.

Authentication

This parameter defines if the mail server requires authentication for its communication, possible values are Force Authentication , Authenticate if possible or Never Authenticate .

Authentication Type

Enter into this text box the type of authentication to be used for connections to the mail server. If no authentication is required this text box can remain empty.

User Name

Enter into this text box a valid login to the mail server. This can be any login, not necessarily that of the user defining his preferences in via these options.

Password

The corresponding password.

Alert Administrator Email Address

Enter the email address that is to send the email alerts to the recipients, for example, alertmanagement@myspycompany.com.

Type of email for alerts

Defines how much information the alert email contains:

 

Notification only

only informs the administrator that alerts occurred and should be checked in the respective node in the console.

Complete (full alert detail)

contains the full details of the alert, that is, the same information as in the alert view of the console.

Maximum number of alerts to include

This parameter is only applicable if the option Complete (full alert detail) is selected for the email content. In this case if the threshold defined for this parameter is reached, the content of the mail will automatically be switched to the Notification only content.

 

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BMC Client Management 12.2