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Specify Email Settings

From the Email Settings dialog you can specify email settings such as the mail server, subject title, who the email is coming from, the email recipients, and enabling and defining your proxy settings. These settings will apply to all email alert notifications and can be modified at any time.

• Service

  The email provider service to use for sending the alert notifications. The available options are Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, Live Mail, and Other.

  • If you select Other, you must identify the mail server and corresponding port number to be used. This is the default setting.
  • If you select Google Mail, Yahoo Mail, or Live Mail the mail server and port number fields are automatically populated.
• Mail Server

  The host name of the SMTP mail server that CA ARCserve D2D can use to send the email alerts.

• Port

  The output port number for the mail server.

• Requires Authentication

  Specifies if this mail server requires authentication when attempting to send an email via the Internet. When this option is selected, the corresponding user Account Name and Password must be provided.

• Subject

  Subject description for the email alert notifications that CA ARCserve D2D will send. By default, this is "CA ARCserve D2D Alert".

• From

  The email address that CA ARCserve D2D will use to send the email alert notifications.

• Recipients

  Email address for the recipients of the email alert notifications to be sent.

  Note: To enter multiple email addresses, each address must be separated by a semi-colon character.

• Use SSL

  Email server requires an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connection to transmit data securely via the internet.

• Send STARTTLS

  Email server requires a STARTTLS (Start TLS extension) command issued to initiate a secure SMTP connection between servers.

• Use HTML format

  Email alert notifications will be sent as HTML. If this option is not selected, the alerts will be sent as plain text. By default, this option is selected.

• Enable Proxy Settings

  Specifies if you want to connect to a proxy server for sending your email alert notifications. When this option is selected, the corresponding name of the proxy server and port number must be provided.