User`s guide

Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 4.1
167 Chapter 18: Perform Advanced Management Tasks
Receive Event Notifications
Go to Main Menu > Control Panel > Notification and set up Synology DiskStation to notify you via e-mail, SMS,
mobile devices, Windows Live Messenger, or Skype, when status changes or errors occur to the system, for
example: connection loss, fan behavior change, power failure, storage volume running out of space, or back and
restoration failure, etc.
For more information about how to select notification event types and edit notification messages, click the Help
button (with a question mark) at the top-right corner, and then go to Control Panel > System > Notification >
Advanced.
Manage E-mail Notification Service
Click the E-mail section to set up email notifications.
To enable E-mail notification:
Tick Enable e-mail notifications and complete the following settings:
1 Enter the SMTP server name or IP address.
2 By default, the SMTP port number is 25. Modify the number if you have specified a different SMTP port while
setting up port forwarding rules.
3 If your SMTP server requires SSL/TLS connection, tick Secure connection (SSL/TLS) is required.
4 If your SMTP server requires SMTP authentication, click SMTP authentication and tick Authentication
required, enter your username and password for the email server, and then click Save.
5 Enter the email address that will receive the notification mails in the Primary email or the Secondary
email field.
6 Click Send a test email to see if your email settings are set up properly.
7 If you want to add a subject prefix in front of the notification mail subject, enter it in the Subject prefix field.
The prefix helps you identify which DiskStation the notification mail was sent from.
8 If you want to send a notification mail to the newly created user, tick Send a notification mail to the newly
created user, and the user will receive a mail when his/her account is created.