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Configuration - Alarms > SMTP Account
In order for the router to successfully send emails, an email account (SMTP) must be
available. This section describes the configuration of the router in order to use the email
account that has been set up for it.
Hostname or IP address of your SMTP server
This parameter sets the IP address or hostname of the SMTP mail server, e.g.
smtp.myisp.com. Sending email requires a connection to the Internet so depending upon
how the router is configured, it may be necessary to check that the PPP configuration allows
a connection to the ISP or external SMTP mail server.
Port
The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) uses TCP port 25, which is the default for this
parameter. If the mail server uses a different TCP port, enter it here.
Username
Email accounts are controlled by requiring a username and password in order to send and
receive mail. This field is where the account username is set. This information will be
provided by the administrator of the email server.
Password
This field is where the account password is set.
Confirm Password
This field is used to re-enter the password. The two passwords are compared to check that
they are the same and that there hasn’t been a typographical error when entering them.
This check is used since the password characters are not echoed and so the usual visual
feedback is not available.
Display “Email From” as
This parameter specifies the text to be used as the “MAIL FROM” parameter which forms
part of the protocol when connecting to the email server. Most SMTP servers will accept an
empty string whereas others require that this parameter is present. It may be necessary to
consult with the SMTP server administrator (or ISP) to determine whether or not this
parameter is required.
Attachment size limit n Kbyte, Mbyte
Some email service providers place a limit on the size of an email attachment that they will
accept, this parameter can be used to ensure that the limit is not exceeded. The inbuilt
traffic analyser and event logger can generate substantial files and it may be required that
these files are truncated when sent as email attachments. The size is specified in kilobytes,
so for example, setting this limit to 250 will truncate the attachment to 250kB before
transmission. Setting the size to 0 means that no limits are imposed.
If the email template does not contain one, use “Reply To” address
This address will be inserted into the email header if it is found that no reply address exists
in the appropriate email template. If the email template does contain an address in the
“reply to:” field, that will override the default reply address.
Route using Routing table, Interface x,y
When selected, the routing code is used to determine the outbound interface and that
interface will determine the source IP address.