Administration
Email Alert
Cisco Small Business WAP371 Wireless Access Point Administration Guide
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Data Encryption—Enter the mode of security for the outbound email alert. The alert can
be sent using secure TLS protocol or the default Open protocol. Using secure TLSv1
protocol can prevent eavesdropping and tampering during the communication across
the public network.
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Port—Enter the SMTP port number to use for outbound e-mails. The range is a valid
port number from 0 to 65535. The default port is 465. The port generally depends on the
mode used by the email provider.
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Username—Enter the username for the email account that will be used to send these
mails. Typically (but not always) the username is the full email address including the
domain (such as [email protected]). The specified account will be used as the email
address of the sender. The username can be from 1 to 64 alphanumeric characters.
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Password—Enter the password for the email account that will be used to send these
mails. The password can be from 1 to 64 characters.
STEP 4
Configure the email addresses and subject line.
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To Email Address 1/2/3—Enter up to three addresses to receive email alerts. Each email
address must be valid.
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Email Subject—Enter the text to appear in the email subject line. This can be up to a
255 character alphanumeric string.
STEP 5
Click
Test Mail
to send a test email to validate the configured email account.
STEP 6
Click Save. The changes are saved to the Startup Configuration.
Email Alert Examples
The following example shows how to fill in the Mail Server Configuration parameters:
Gmail
Server IPv4 Address/Name = smtp.gmail.com
Data Encryption = TLSv1
Port = 465
Username = Your full email address you can use to login to your email account
associated with the above server
Password = xxxxxxxx is a valid password of your valid email account
To Email Address 1 = [email protected]
Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail recommends the following settings:
Data Encryption: TLSv1
SMTP Server: smtp.live.com
SMTP Port: 587
Username: Your full email address, such as [email protected] or
