Chapter 3: Using the Web Interface
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Field
Description
Port
Type the port number.
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Default is 25
Sender Email Address
Type an email address for the sender.
Number of Sending Retries
Type the number of email retries.
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Default is 2 retries
Time Between Sending Retries
Type the interval between email retries in minutes.
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Default is 2 minutes.
Server Requires Authentication
Select this checkbox if your SMTP server requires password authentication.
User Name,
Password
Type a user name and password for authentication after selecting the above
checkbox.
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The length of user name and password ranges between 4 and 64. Case sensitive.
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Spaces are not allowed for the user name, but allowed for the password.
Enable SMTP over TLS (StartTLS) If your SMTP server supports the Transport Layer Security (TLS), select this
checkbox.
3.
Settings for the CA Certificate:
Field or Setting
Description
Click this button to install a certificate file. Then you can:
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Click Show to view the certificate's content.
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Click Remove to delete the installed certificate if it is inappropriate.
Allow expired and not yet valid
certificates
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Select this checkbox to make the authentication succeed regardless of the
certificate's validity period.
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After deselecting this checkbox, the authentication fails whenever any certificate in
the selected certificate chain is outdated or not valid yet.
4.
Now that you have set the SMTP settings, you can test it to ensure it works properly.
a.
Type the recipient's email address in the Recipient Email Addresses field. Use a comma to separate multiple email
addresses.
b.
Click Send Test Email.
c.
Check if the recipient(s) receives the email successfully.