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