NETGEAR fvs114 manual Getting E-Mail Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts, E-mail menu

Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS114

Getting E-Mail Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts

In order to receive logs and alerts by e-mail, you must provide your e-mail information in the Send alerts and logs by e-mail area:

Figure 4-10: E-mail menu

•Turn e-mail notification on. Check this box if you wish to receive e-mail logs and alerts from the firewall.

•Send alerts and logs by e-mail.If your enable e-mail notification, these boxes cannot be blank. Enter the name or IP address of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as mail.myISP.com). You may be able to find this information in the configuration menu of your e-mail program. Enter the e-mail address to which logs and alerts are sent. This e-mail address will also be used as the From address. If you leave this box blank, log and alert messages will not be sent via e-mail.

•Send E-mail alerts immediately. You can specify that logs are immediately sent to the specified e-mail address when any of the following events occur:

–If a Denial of Service attack is detected.

–If a Port Scan is detected.

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