E-mail Notification

The E-mail Notification panel lets you send error messages through an e-mail. Ensure that you have configured the SMTP Server Settings on the Event and Messaging panel of the Configuration page.

The message body is predefined and is sent in the following format:

Field

Details

Device Alias

Name of the device where the message is generated.

Device IP Address

IP Address of the device where the message is generated.

Error

[Date] Component name Message ID localized message string.

Additional Information (Optional)

Additional Information if any.

You can configure the following options:

Send Log Message via E-mail if Severity Is

Allows you to select the message severity to send the log messages through e-mail.

The severity of the messages include:

  • Error: Stores messages with a severity of Error.

  • Warning and Above: Stores messages with a severity of Warning and Error.

  • Information and Above: Stores messages with a severity of Information, Warning, and Error.

From

Specify the sender's e-mail address.

To

Specify the e-mail address of the recipients. You can specify more than one e-mail address by separating them with commas.

Subject

Specify the subject to be included while sending the e-mail from the Primary Server. You can customize the subject field with macro values given in Table 9-1. The following table describes various macros and their respective values:

Macro

Value

%s

Severity of the message.

%c

Name of the component.

%d

ID of the device at which the message is generated.

%t

Time of the message generation.

%a

Alias name of the device where the message is generated.

For example, if you want the subject line to display as “ERROR occurred on device Testifies at 4/1/07 5:31:01 PM”, then specify “%s occurred on device %a at %t” in the Subject field.

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