4.16 Maintaining the System

4.16.6 Setting the Destination for Alert Notifications

Central Admin

Console

An alert notification can be sent by e-mail whenever a scanner alert situation occurs. This section describes how to specify an e-mail address as the destination for alert notification. When the destination for alert notification is set, an alert notification message is sent to the registered e-mail address entitled "Network Scanner (XXXX) Error" if an error occurs on the scanner.

If an SMTP server has not been setup, alert notifications cannot be sent. For details about how to set an SMTP server, refer to "4.10.1 Setting the e-Mail Server" (page 137).

The e-mail address set in this section is also used as the destination for the new update release notification when update check is performed. For details about update check, refer to "4.16.2 Checking for New Updates" (page 187).

1.Select [Monitoring & Management] J [Maintenance] J [Alert Notification].

DThe [Alert Notification] window appears.

2. Enter recipient and sender e-mail addresses.

Multiple recipient e-mail addresses can be specified.

For details about e-mail address settings values, refer to "B.1 e-Mail Address Setting Values" (page 483).

3.To confirm that the entered e-mail address is valid, press the [Test] button.

Check that the test mail successfully arrives at the expected e-mail address.

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