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

 

 

Postmaster for

The email address of the Mail Transfer Agent

the MTA

administrator who will receive non-deliverable

 

receipts.

 

For example, mail@example.com

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

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.

 

 

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

 

 

DNS server that has the MX record for

 

 

your mail server)

 

Fallback DNS server IP address

 

Default gateway IP address

 

Subnet mask

 

 

 

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