Configuring alerts by mail server

If the mail server is defined by a domain name, the FortiManager system will query the DNS server to resolve the IP address of that domain name. In this case, you must also define a DNS server. See “Managing certificates” to configure a DNS server.

If sending an email by SMTP fails, the FortiManager system will re-attempt to send the message every ten seconds, and never stop until it succeeds in sending the message, or the administrator reboots the FortiManager system.

Figure 172: Mail server list


Create New	Select to add a new mail server. For more information, see “To add a mail server:”.
SMTP Server	The SMTP server you have added.
E-Mail Account	The email address used for accessing the account on the SMTP server.
Password	The password used in authentication of that server. The password displays as ******.
Delete icon	Select to remove a mail server. This icon does not appear if the mail server is used by an alert event.
Edit icon	Select to modify a mail server.

Figure 173: Adding mail servers


SMTP Server	Enter the name/address of the SMTP email server.
Enable Authentication	Select to enable SMTP authentication. When set, you must enter an email address and password for the FortiManager system to send an email with the account.
Email Account	Enter the user name for logging on to the SMTP server to send alert mails. You only need to do this if you have enabled the SMTPauthentication. The account name must be in the form of an email address, such as user@example.com.
Password	Enter the password for logging on to the SMTP server to send alert email. You only need to do this if you enabled SMTP authentication.