The e-mail settings are necessary for using the notification system. You can use this to receive e-mail messages about specific types of notification, either immediately or regularly in an aggregated form. Further details are available under Notification settings.
Navigate to
to open an editing window where you can configure the sender and message encryption. Optionally, settings are available for a relay server if e-mails cannot be sent directly.In the E-mail settings editing window you can adjust the following parameters:
Input box | Description |
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I/0 | A slider button indicates whether the E-mail settings are enabled (I) or disabled (0). Click on the slider button to change this. |
Sender address | Sender e-mail address of the firewall system. |
Connection security | Choose one of the possible options None. TLS or StartTLS. |
Validate remote certificate | If enabled, the firewall verifies the certificate of the destination server or relay. |
S/MIME certificate | If this is specified, then the firewall encrypts all outgoing e-mails with the public key of the selected certificate. |
On the Relaytab you can configure preset values for the following items:
Input box | Description |
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Server | The address of the e-mail server. |
Port | The port used by the e-mail server. |
User name | Name used by the firewall to log in to the e-mail server. |
Password | Password used by the firewall to log in to the e-mail server. |
You can test your settings by using the button Send test mail. A dialog opens where you can enter a recipient address. You then click the send button.
If you have made changes, you can use the buttons at the bottom right of the edit window to save them (Save) or discard them (Reset). Otherwise you can close the window (Close).