ZyWALL 10 Internet Security Gateway

Table 15-1 E-mail

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

Address Information

 

 

Mail Server

Enter the IP address of your mail server in dotted

 

 

 

decimal format. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP)

 

 

should be able to provide this information. If this field is

 

 

left blank, log and alert messages will not be sent via e-

 

 

mail.

 

Mail Subject

Enter a subject that you want to appear in the subject

 

 

field of your e-mail here (see Figure 15-5). If you leave

 

 

this field blank then the default “Firewall Alert From

 

 

ZyWALL” displays as your e-mail subject.

 

E-mail Alerts To

Enter the e-mail address (username@mydomain.com)

 

 

of whoever is responsible for maintaining the firewall,

 

 

e.g., your system administrator. If this field is left blank,

 

 

alert messages will not be sent via E-mail.

 

Return address

Enter an e-mail address to identify the ZyWALL as the

 

 

sender of the e-mail messages i.e., a “return-to-sender”

 

 

address for backup purposes.

 

 

 

 

Log Timer

 

 

Alert Schedule

This pop-up menu is used to configure the frequency of

When Log is Full

 

log messages being sent as e-mail: daily, weekly,

Hourly

 

hourly, only when the log is full or none. If the Weekly

 

 

 

or the Daily option is selected, specify a time of day

Daily

 

when the e-mail should be sent. If the Weekly option is

Weekly

 

selected, then also specify which day of the week the e-

 

mail should be sent. If the When Log is Full option is

None

 

selected, an alert is sent when the log fills up. If you

 

 

 

select None, no log messages are e-mailed.

 

Day for Sending

Click which day of the week you want to send the alert

Sunday through

Alerts

from the drop down list box.

Saturday

Time for Sending

Click the up or down arrows to the right of the list box to

 

Alerts

choose a time to send the alerts.

 

 

 

 

When you have finished, click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen, Cancel to exit this screen without saving, or Help for online HTML help on fields in this screen.

Introducing the ZyWALL Web Configurator

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