NexLog Recorder User Manual v2.2.0
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4.8.5. Email
Individual Alert codes can be configured to send out an email when they occur.
To enable the sending of email for configured alert codes, first click the 'Enabled'
check box on this page. Then you must configure the parameters for the SMTP
server you wish the recorder to use in order to send the emails.
Setting these parameters is very similar to the normal email setup procedure on
a PC, e.g., the
Accounts
settings in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. You
will need the same information for these settings as you would for normal email,
and can obtain them from your network administrator (or possibly by looking at
your PC email settings).
All entries requiring IP addresses can either use fully qualified domain names
(FQDN) or numerical addresses. Using a FQDN (e.g., <host.domain.com>) is
recommended since IP addresses frequently change. The recorder does not have
to be restarted for the email settings to take effect.
From Address
: What the email alerts’ 'From' field should read: e.g.
ReplyTo address
: Where the email alert should request replies be sent to e.g.
Send Error To Address
: Option address to send email to if sending to user fails.
SMTP Host
: The IP Address of the SMTP server to send the email to
SMTP Login
: The username the recorder should use to log in to the SMTP
server
SMTP Password
: The password the recorder should use to log in to the SMTP
server
SMTP Localhost Name
: Optional name
SMTP Port
: The port number the email should be sent to on the SMPT server's
IP address. 25 is standard for SMTP traffic
Finally the "Force TLS" checkbox should be checked if your SMTP server is
configured to only allow emails to be received using TLS.
If email is enabled and properly configured as above, and an Alert Code fires
which is configured to send an email, then an email version of the alert will be
emailed out to any Recorder users who have Administrator rights to the recorder
and have a correct email address in their user record.
4.8.6. Audit History
Your NexLog recorder stores an audit history of important events which have
occurred on the system for security auditing. This Audit history can be viewed
from the 'Audit History' page. Each row in the table represents one auditable
event, and auditable events are displayed in descending order by time, with
most recent first. If more than one web page is required to display all the audit