Configuring the E-mail Account

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.

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.

You need administrator privileges to configure the e-mail account.

  1. From the Setup menu, select Notifications > E-mail Configuration.

    The Setup - E-mail Account screen displays.

  2. In the SMTP Server text box, type the IP address or host name of the SMTP server.
  3. 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.

  4. In the Sender E-mail Address text box, type an e-mail address for the SMTP server (for example, ml6000@mycompany.com).

    The sender address indicates the originator of the e-mail message.

  5. For Send snapshot with RAS e-mail notifications, do one of the following:
  6. For Authentication, do one of the following:
  7. Click Apply.

    The Progress Window displays. The Progress Window contains information on the action, elapsed time, and status of the requested operation.Do one of the following:

  8. To test the e-mail account, type an e-mail address into the Send a test e-mail to text box and click Send e-mail.
  9. Check the e-mail account to verify that an e-mail message was sent from the library.
  10. Save the library configuration.

    For instructions on how to save the library configuration, see Saving the Configuration.

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