Initial Configuration Settings
The first time you log in to the SonicWALL Email Security appliance, you are directed to the system configuration page. Configure your settings as follows:
Monitoring
Email address of | The email address of the mail server |
the administrator | administrator. Enter the complete email |
who receives | address. |
emergency alerts | For example, user@example.com |
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Postmaster for | The email address of the Mail Transfer Agent |
the MTA | administrator who will receive |
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| For example, mail@example.com |
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Name or IP | Enter fully qualified domain names or IP |
address of | addresses. |
backup SMTP | For example, mail2.example.com or 10.100.0.1 |
servers |
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Hostname and Networking
Hostname | Enter a hostname you can use within your | |
| network to address the SonicWALL Email | |
| Security appliance. Enter a fully qualified | |
| domain name. | |
| For example, emailsecurity.example.com | |
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Get all network | Select this if you want your SonicWALL Email | |
settings from | Security appliance to get dynamic IP settings | |
DHCP | from the DHCP server on your network. | |
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Use the static | Select this to assign your SonicWALL Email | |
settings below | Security appliance a static IP address. | |
| Enter: | |
| • | This machine's IP address |
| • | Primary DNS server IP address (the local |
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| DNS server that has the MX record for |
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| your mail server) |
| • | Fallback DNS server IP address |
| • | Default gateway IP address |
| • | Subnet mask |
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