Configuring an Email Active Monitor
To configure an Email monitor:
- Go to the Active Monitor Library:
- From the web interface, click . The GO menu appears.
- If the WhatsUp section is not visible, click . The WhatsUp section of the GO menu appears.
- Select . The Active Monitor Library appears.
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- From the main menu of the console, select . The Active Monitor Library appears.
- Add an Email Monitor:
- Click . The Select Active Monitor Type dialog appears.
- Select Email Monitor from the list, then click . The Add Email Monitor dialog appears.
- In , enter a title to identify this instance of the monitor.
- In , enter any additional information to further describe the monitor.
- In the section of the dialog, in , enter the address of the server on which SMTP is running. Use the default,
%Device.Address
, to use the device IP address on which the monitor is attached. - In , enter the port on which the SMTP service is listening. The standard SMTP port is 25.
- In , enter the address to which the Email Monitor will send email.
- In , enter the address from which the Email Monitor was sent from.
- In the section of the dialog, in , enter the address of the server on which the POP3 or IMAP service is running.
- In , select the protocol (POP3 or IMAP) you want the monitor to use to check for correct email delivery.
- In , enter the username of the email account in which the monitor will use to log in.
- In , enter the password for the email account in which the monitor will use to log in.
- Click to add the monitor to the Active Monitor Library.
If you want to configure advanced settings for this instance of the Email Monitor, click . From here, you can choose to use SMTP Authentication; set the port on which POP3 or IMAP is running; use encrypted connections for SMTP, IMAP, and POP3; and set timeouts for SMTP, IMAP, and POP3.
- Add the monitor to your mail server.
- On the device list, find the device that represents the mail server. Right-click the device, then select . Select .
- Click . The Active Monitor Wizard appears.
Select the monitor, and continue with the wizard to configure any actions for the monitor.
For more information on setting up an action, see Configuring an action.