Email server

Email server name

Enter the name of the email server.

Email server address

Enter the IP address or host name of the email server.

Sender address

Enter the email sender address.

Recipient addresses

·     Enter a colon-separated list of email recipient addresses.

DNS server address

Enter the IP address of the DNS server.

Identity authentication

Select Enable to enable email client authentication.

Enable this function if identity authentication is required by the email server.

Secure user info transmission

Select this item to enable secure transmission of user authentication credentials.

Username

Enter the username for logging in to the email server.

Password

Enter the password for logging in to the email server.

Email sending interval

Enter an interval for sending emails. The device caches the emails to be sent and sends them only when the interval expires.

Max. emails per interval

Specify the maximum number of emails to be sent per interval.

If the maximum number is reached within the sending interval and more emails are generated to send, the device compares the severity levels of the new emails and the existing emails. If the severity level of a new email is higher than that of an existing cached email, the new one overwrites the most recent email with the lowest severity level.

The severity level of an email is the severity level of the matching IPS signature of the log.

When multiple service modules are operating concurrently, this setting takes effect separately on each service module.