The library uses the e-mail account whenever library e-mail services are used, such as when the library automatically sends e-mail notifications about library issues.
Before configuring the e-mail account, ask your network administrator for an IP address or host name, valid login account (optional), and valid password (optional) for your SMTP server. The login account name and password can contain the following special characters: @ and #. E-mail account settings are not case-sensitive.
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NOTE: You may use a host name for the SMTP server instead of an IP address only if the library is set up to use Domain Name System (DNS) servers. See Modifying Network Settings for more information. |
Send snapshot with RAS e-mail notifications instructs the library to automatically attach a library snapshot file (ASCII format) to certain RAS ticket e-mail notifications. (Snapshots are only auto-generated for this purpose if they help to clarify or diagnose the problem.) This feature is turned off by default. (You can also create and e-mail library snapshot files using the capture snapshot operation. For more information, see About Capturing the Library Snapshot.)
After configuring the e-mail account, you can send a test message to an e-mail address to verify that the account is configured properly.
Users with administrative privileges can configure the e-mail account, but users with user privileges cannot.
The Setup - E-mail Account screen appears.
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NOTE: IP addresses may be entered using the IPv4 dot notation or using the IPv6 format. IPv4 addresses must be entered in dot notation (for example, 192.168.0.1). IPv4 address text boxes do not allow values exceeding 255 for dot-separated values. |
The sender address indicates the originator of the e-mail message.
The Progress Window appears. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation. Do one of the following:
For instructions on how to save the library configuration, see Saving the Configuration.
See also: