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Logging and reporting Configuring alert email

FortiGate-800 Installation and Configuration Guide 321

Configuring alert email

You can configure the FortiGate unit to send alert email to up to three email addresses

when there are virus incidents, block incidents, network intrusions, and other firewall

or VPN events or violations. After you set up the email addresses, you can test the

settings by sending test email.

• Adding alert email addresses

• Testing alert email

• Enabling alert email

Adding alert email addresses

Because the FortiGate unit uses the SMTP server name to connect to the mail server,

the FortiGate unit must look up this name on your DNS server. Before you configure

alert email, make sure that you configure at least one DNS server.

To add a DNS server

1 Go to System > Network > DNS.

2 If they are not already there, type the primary and secondary DNS server addresses

provided by your ISP.

3 Select Apply.

To add alert email addresses

1 Go to Log&Report > Alert Mail > Configuration.

2 Select the Authentication check box if your email server requires an SMTP password.

3 In the SMTP Server field, type the name of the SMTP server where you want the

FortiGate unit to send email, in the format smtp.domain.com.

The SMTP server can be located on any network connected to the FortiGate unit.

4 In the SMTP User field, type a valid email address in the format [email protected].

This address appears in the From header of the alert email.

5 In the Password field, type the password that the SMTP user needs to access the

SMTP server.

A password is required if you select Authentication.

6 Type up to three destination email addresses in the Email To fields.

These are the email addresses to which the FortiGate unit sends alert email.

7 Select Apply.

Testing alert email

You can test the alert email settings by sending a test email.

To send a test email

1 Go to Log&Report > Alert Mail > Configuration.

2 Select Test to send test email messages from the FortiGate unit to the Email To

addresses.

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