Configuring and Using Email Notification

Configuring SMTP and DNS Settings

Requirements for	To use the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send email when an
using SMTP	event occurs, you must define the following settings:
	• The IP address of the Domain Name Service (DNS) server.
	• The DNS name of the SMTP server and the From Address
	settings for SMTP.
	• The email addresses for a maximum of four recipients.
	Note: To page an email recipient who uses a text-based pager
		gateway, see the description of the To Address setting
		in Settings on page 21.
DNS server	To enable the Environmental Monitoring Unit to send email messages,
	you must use the TCP/IP & DNS option (Web interface) or DNS option
	(Control Console) in the Network menu to identify the Domain Name
	Service (DNS) server by its IP address.
	If the unit does not receive a response from the DNS server within five
	seconds, email cannot be sent. Therefore, use a DNS server on the
	same segment as the unit or on a nearby segment (but not across a
	WAN).
	After you define the DNS server’s IP address, verify that DNS is working
	correctly by entering the DNS name of a computer on your network to
	obtain the IP address for that DNS name.
SMTP settings	The Email option in the Network menu accesses the following SMTP
	settings:

	Setting		Description

	SMTP Server		The DNS name of the SMTP server.

	From Address		The contents of the From field in the email messages sent by
			the Environmental Monitoring Unit.
			Note: See the documentation for your SMTP server to
			determine whether you must you use a valid user
			account on the server for this setting.

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