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GFI Network Server Monitor Configuring GFI Network Server Monitor • 28
Screenshot 23- Alerts Setup Dialog
These alerts can be sent in two situations:
• When a monitoring check fails – after a configurable number of
errors, the monitor check is considered as failed.
• When a monitoring check has recovered from the ‘Failed’ state –
since GFI Network Server Monitor can recover a server/device, it
can be useful to send an alert to the operator to inform him/her
that the previous error is no longer present.
About email alerts
To use SMTP email alerts, the GFI Network Server Monitor service
must have access to an SMTP compliant mail server. GFI Network
Server Monitor also supports SMTP servers that require SMTP
authentication, such as the Microsoft Exchange\IIS SMTP server.
SMTP AUTH is a protocol that is used to verify that you are a user on
the SMTP server. GFI Network Server Monitor is RFC 821 and RFC
822 SMTP AUTH compliant.
NOTE: GFI Network Server Monitor does not require IIS to support e-
mail; it communicates directly to the SMTP server using the SMTP
protocol.
About network alerts
GFI Network Server Monitor makes use of ‘Net Send’ (or ‘Net Popup’)
to send messages over the network.
NOTE: Only computers that support NetBIOS can send and receive
network messages. NetBIOS messages can be sent to users and/or
computers.
About SMS/pager alerts
GFI Network Server Monitor can send SMS messages through an
SMS Center (via an attached modem), directly through an attached