Mail notification

1. Summary

In this page you can make settings related to mail notification. When a mail notification is received, mail is automatically sent to the assigned recipient when the specified conditions are met.

First use the "New" button in "Registered mail server list" to register the mail server of the recipient. After registering this, use the "New" button in "Mail notification settings list" to make mail notification settings.

2. Top page

This is the top page for mail notifications.

2.1. List of registered mail servers

  • Information for the currently registered mail server (SMTP server) is shown.

  • You can use the "New" button at the top of the list to add settings.

  • If you want to change the settings, press the "Settings" button located at the right of the table. A page for changing the settings appears, allowing you to change the settings.

  • If you want to delete settings, select the setting that you want to delete, and press the "Delete" button located above the list. A confirmation dialog box appears; press the "Delete" button to delete the setting.

  • Up to 10 mail servers can be registered.

2.2. List of mail notification settings

  • The currently specified mail notification settings are shown.

  • You can use the "New" button at the top of the list to add settings.

  • If you want to change the settings, press the "Settings" button located at the right of the table. A page for changing the settings appears, allowing you to change the settings.

  • If you want to delete settings, select the setting that you want to delete, and press the "Delete" button located above the list. A confirmation dialog box appears; press the "Delete" button to delete the setting.

  • If you want to do mail sending test, press the "Next" button located at "Sending test" item. A confirmation dialog box appears; press the "OK" button to do mail sending test.

3. Mail server settings page

This page lets you make settings for the recipient’s mail server (SMTP server). Check the items that you specified, and then press the "Confirm" button. If there are no mistakes in the input content confirmation screen, press the "OK" button.

3.1. List of registered mail servers

  • ID

    • This is the identifying number of the mail server settings. It is assigned automatically.

  • Account identification name

    • Specify the mail server’s account identification name. For convenience, specify a name that will be easy to recognize.

    • Up to 64 single-byte characters are allowed.

    • This can be omitted.

  • SMTP server address

    • Enter the IP address or domain name of the SMTP server used when sending mail.

    • You can use up to 64 single-byte characters.

  • SMTP server port number

    • Enter the SMTP server’s port number.

    • If "Submission port (port number 587)" is checked, the submission port, which is port number 587, is specified.

  • Encrypting SMTP

    • This setting determines whether to encrypt SMTP with SSL when sending mail.

    • Selecting "Not encrypt" is to use SMTP for sending mail.

    • Selecting "Encrypt with SSL (over SSL)" is to use SMTPS (SMTP over SSL) for sending mail, so that SMTP is encrypted with SSL.

      • It is recommended to set 465 for "SMTP server port number".

    • Selecting "Encrypt with SSL (STARTTLS)" is to use SMTPS (STARTTLS) for sending mail, so that SMTP is encrypted with SSL.

    • For STARTTLS, communication is encrypted only if the SMTP server supports encryption using SSL.

    • Encryption using SSL is not available when setting an IPv6 address as the SMTP server address.

  • SMTP authentication

    • Select from the drop-down list box whether to authenticate with the SMTP server.

    • To authenticate, enter the following settings.

      • User name

        • This setting determines the user name used when authenticating to the SMTP server.

        • Up to 64 single-byte characters are allowed.

      • Password

        • This setting determines the password used when authenticating to the SMTP server.

        • Up to 64 single-byte characters are allowed.

4. Mail notification settings page

In this page you can make mail notification settings. You can specify the transmission source and the recipient address of mail notifications. Check the items that you specified, and then press the "Confirm" button. If there are no mistakes in the input content confirmation screen, press the "OK" button.

4.1. Mail notification settings

  • ID

    • This is the identifying number of the mail notification settings. It is assigned automatically.

  • Source (From)

    • Specify the sender’s mail address of the mail that will be sent.

      SMTP server:
      ・ Select the SMTP server used when sending emails.

      Mail address:
      ・ Enter the email address from which the email will be sent.
      ・ Set it with up to 256 single-byte characters. However, you cannot use symbols other than underline (_), hyphen (-), dot (.), and at-sign (@).

  • Destination (To)

    • Enter the recipient’s mail address of the mail that will be sent.

    • You can register up to four items; the mail is sent to all of the registered mail addresses.

    • You can use up to 256 single-byte characters. However, you cannot use symbols other than underline (_), hyphen (-), dot (.), and at-sign (@).

    • This setting does not affect the mail send function of the RADIUS server.

  • Subject

    • Specify the subject of the mail that will be sent.

    • You can use up to 128 single-byte characters.

    • If you select "Use specified subject," the subject name will be the specified subject.

    • This setting does not affect the mail send function of the RADIUS server.

  • Notification content

    • The contents of the notification are specified as follows.

      • LAN map error detection

        • This notification will be made only if this unit is operating as an L2MS manager.

        • Select the LAN map events to be notified from the following.

          • Device abnormality

          • Loop detection

          • SFP optical Rx level abnormality

          • Transmission queue monitoring

          • PoE supply

          • Snapshot

          • Duplication of L2MS managers

      • Status notification for terminal monitoring

        • The change in status monitored by the device monitoring function will be notified.

      • Stack error detection

        • Failure information of the stack function will be notified.

    • This setting does not affect the mail send function of the RADIUS server.

  • Mail transmission wait time

    • Specify the time by which mail transmission is delayed after the notification event occurs.

    • If other notification events occur during this wait time, those notifications are combined and sent in a single email.

    • This setting does not affect the mail send function of the RADIUS server.