Additional Configuration

TO email address

The TO email address is the email address to which alert notifications will be sent. A valid entry must meet the following criteria:

•must be less than 129 characters long

•must be a valid email address. For example: johndoe@mycompany.com

FROM email address

The FROM email address is the address that alert notifications will contain in the from field. A valid entry will meet the following criteria:

•must be less than 129 characters long

•must be a valid email account name on the SMTP server

•must be a valid email address on the SMTP server

Domain

The Domain Name is the domain name of the SMTP server. A valid entry will meet the following criteria:

•must be a valid domain name with a DNS entry on the network the device is located on

•must be the domain name where the SMTP server is located

Email Server IP address

The email Server IP address should be the address where the SMTP server is located. A valid entry will meet the following criterion:

• must be a valid IP address for an SMTP server

Period

The Period is the aggregation period for email alerts. The first time a filter that calls for email notification is triggered, the device sends an email notification to the target named in the filter. At the same time, the aggregation timer starts. The device counts additional filter triggers, but does not email another notification until it sends a count of all filter triggers that occurred during that period. The timer continues to count and send notifications at the end of each period. A valid entry will meet the following criterion:

• an integer between 1 and 10,080 representing minutes between notifications

Example

The Default Email Contacts Dialog follows:

Would you like to modify the default Email contact? <Y,[N]>:y Enter TO: email address (128 max. characters)

Must be a full email address (e.g., recipient@company.com) []: employee@company.com

Enter FROM: email address (128 max. characters)

Must be a full email address (e.g., sender@company.com) []: acme@company.com

Enter FROM: Domain Name (128 max. characters, e.g., company.com)

[]: company.com

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