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Menu path: Configuration > System Configuration > Main Configuration > Alerting.

Alerting is an option under Main Configuration in System Configuration. It is used to set the A3 SMTP characteristics. Alerting must be established as one of the early installation steps. The settings in the Alerting page can be tested using the Tools Overview > SMTP page. The fields in the form are:


Topic	Usage	Example
Recipient	A comma-separated list of email address to which notifications are sent. These can be triggered by a security event that specifies an email action or any other A3-related message.	admin@company.com
Sender	The email address from which notifications message are sent. If the field is empty, the sender will set to root@<server-domain-name>.	admin@company.com
SMTP server	The name of the SMTP server to send alert mail through. The default is localhost, which will only work if an SMTP server has been setup on the A3 server.	smtp.google.com
Subject Prefix	A string which prefixes the specific notification subject in the email.	A3 Alert:
SMTP Encryption	The type of encryption to use when talking to the SMTP server. One of: none, ssl, or starttls.	ssl
SMTP Port	The port on the SMTP server to connect to. If the port is set to 0,then the port number used depends on the encryption type: none = 25, ssl = 465, and starttls = 587.	0
SMTP User Name	The user name to use when connecting to the SMTP server. Most servers require that an email account exist on their system.	admin@company.com
SMTP Password	The password to use when connecting to the SMTP server.	password
SMTP Check SSL	If enabled, an SSL connection will be verified before a message is sent.
SMTP timeout	The timeout value for SMTP connection, in seconds.	20