System Management : Configuring an SMTP mail server
 
Configuring an SMTP mail server
You can configure an SMTP email server if you want to send notifications by email.
Before you begin:
You must have Read-Write permission for System settings.
To configure SMTP:
1. Go to System > Settings.
2. Click the Services tab.
3. Under Mail Server, complete the configuration as described in Table 52.
4. Save the configuration.
Table 52: SMTP configuration
Settings
Guidelines
Address
IP address or FQDN of an SMTP server (such as FortiMail) or email server that the appliance can connect to in order to send alerts and/or generated reports.
Port
Listening port number of the server. Usually, SMTP is 25.
Authentication
Enable if the SMTP server requires authentication.
Username
Username for authentication to the SMTP server.
Password
Password for authentication to the SMTP server.