User manual

Administration Methods
TPG User Manual 22
2.3 Administration via Email
You can administer the TPG via email and thus via any computer
with Internet access.
Functionalities
An email allows you to
• send TPG status information
• specify TPG parameters or
• perform an update on the TPG.
Requirements
; In order to receive emails, the TPG must be set up as user with its
own email address on a POP3 server.
; A DNS server has been configured on the TPG; see: Ö30.
; POP3 and SMTP parameters have been configured on the TPG;
see: Ö32.
Sending Instructions
via Email
If you want to administer the TPG, you must enter the relevant
instructions into the subject line of your email.
Proceed as follows:
1. Open an email program.
2. Write a new email.
3. Enter the TPG address as recipient.
4. Enter an instruction into the subject line; see: ’Syntax and
Format of an Instruction’ Ö22.
5. Send the email.
ª The TPG receives the email and carries out the instruction.
Syntax and Format
of an Instruction
Note the following syntax for instructions in the subject line:
cmd: <command> [<comment>]