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107Rack ATS AP44xx User Manual
Set up e-mail notifications
Use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail to up to four recipients when an event occurs.
To use the e-mail feature, you must define the following settings:
• The IP addresses of the primary and, optionally, the secondary Domain Name System (DNS)
servers.
• The IP address or DNS name for the SMTP Server and From Address.
• The e-mail addresses for a maximum of four recipients.
• You can use the To Address setting of the recipients option to send e-mail to a text-based screen.
Path: Configuration > Notification > E-mail > Server
This screen lists your primary and secondary DNS servers and displays the following fields:
Outgoing Mail Configuration
• From Address: The contents of the From field in e-mail messages sent by the Rack ATS:
– In the format user@ [IP_address] (if an IP address is specified as Local SMTP Server)
– In the format user@domain (if DNS is configured and the DNS name is specified as Local
SMTP Server) in the e-mail messages.
NOTE: The local SMTP server may require that you use a valid user account on the server for
this setting. See the server documentation.
• SMTP Server: The IPv4/ IPv6 address or DNS name of the local SMTP server.
NOTE: This definition is required only when the SMTP server is set to Local.
• Port: The SMTP port number, with a default of 25. Supported ports include 25, 465, 587, 2525,
and 5000 to 32768.
• Authentication: Select Enable if the SMTP server requires authentication.
• User Name, Password, and Confirm Password: If your mail server requires authentication,
enter your user name and password here. This performs a simple authentication, not SSL/TLS.
Advanced
• Use SSL/TLS: Select when encryption is used.
– Never: The SMTP server does neither requires nor supports encryption.
– If Supported: The SMTP server advertises support for STARTTLS but doesn't require the
connection to be encrypted. The STARTTLS command is sent after the advertisement is
given.
– Always: The SMTP server requires the STARTTLS command to be sent on connection to it.
– Implicitly: The SMTP server only accepts connections that begin encrypted. No STARTTLS
message is sent to the server.
• Require CA Root Certificate: This should only be enabled if the security policy of your
organization does not allow for implicit trust of SSL/TLS connections. If this is enabled, a valid
root CA certificate must be loaded onto the ATS for encrypted e-mails to be sent.
• File Name: This field is dependent on the root CA certificates installed on the ATS and whether or
not a root CA certificate is required.