Email Notification
Email Notification Overview
A mail server is an application or a computer that can receive, forward and deliver email messages.
To have the Zyxel Device send reports, logs or notifications through email, you must specify an email server and the email addresses of the sender and receiver.
Email Notification
Use this screen to view, remove and add email account information on the Zyxel Device. This account can be set to send email notifications for logs.
Click Maintenance > E-mail Notification to open the E-mail Notification screen.
The default port number of the mail server is 25.Maintenance > E-mail Notification
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Label | Description |
|---|---|
Add New e-mail | Click this button to create a new entry (up to 32 can be created). |
Mail Server Address | This displays the server name or the IP address of the mail server. |
Username | This displays the user name of the sender’s mail account. |
Port | This field displays the port number of the mail server. |
Security | This field displays the protocol used for encryption. |
E-mail Address | This field displays the email address that you want to be in the from or sender line of the email that the Zyxel Device sends. |
Modify | Click the Edit icon to configure the entry. Click the Delete icon to remove the entry. |
Remove | Click this button to delete the selected entries. |
E-mail Notification Edit
Click the Add button in the E-mail Notification screen. Use this screen to configure the required information for sending email through a mail server.
Maintenance > E-mail Notification > Add
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Label | Description |
|---|---|
Mail Server Address | Enter the server name or the IP address of the mail server for the email address specified in the Account e-mail Address field. If this field is left blank, reports, logs or notifications will not be sent through email. |
Port | Enter the same port number here as is on the mail server for mail traffic. |
Authentication Username | Enter the user name. You can use up to 32 printable characters except [ " ], [ ` ], [ ' ], [ < ], [ > ], [ ^ ], [ $ ], [ | ], [ & ], or [ ; ]. Spaces are allowed. This is usually the user name of a mail account you specified in the Account email Address field. |
Authentication Password | Enter the password associated with the user name above. |
Account e-mail Address | Enter the email address that you want to be in the from or sender line of the email notification that the Zyxel Device sends. If you activate SSL/TLS authentication, the email address must be able to be authenticated by the mail server as well. |
Connection Security | Select SSL to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) if you want encrypted communications between the mail server and the Zyxel Device. Select STARTTLS to upgrade a plain text connection to a secure connection using SSL/TLS. |
Cancel | Click this button to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
OK | Click this button to save your changes and return to the previous screen. |