Acronis Backup for PC - User Guide - Manual (Page 206)

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When enabled, you can specify the keeping period for the accepted alerts. The accepted alerts older
than this period will be deleted from the table automatically.
Automatically move inactive alerts to "Accepted alerts"
This option defines whether to accept all the alerts that become inactive and move them to the
Accepted alerts table automatically.
The preset is: Disabled.
When enabled, you can specify the alert types to apply this option to.
11.6.3.2 Time-based alerts
Last backup
The option defines whether to alert if no backup was performed on a given machine for a period of
time. You can configure the time period that is considered critical for your business.
The preset is: alert if the last successful backup on a machine was completed more than 5 days ago.
The alert is displayed in the Alerts view of the Navigation pane.
11.6.4 E-mail settings
The option enables you to configure e-mail settings to send notifications about alerts which occurred
on the managed machine.
The notification schedule and the types of alerts to send are configured in Machine options > E-mail
settings > Alert notifications (p. 207).
The preset is: Disabled.
Note: Alerts warn only about problems. Therefore, e-mail notifications about successful backup or recovery
operations will not be sent. These e-mail notifications are configured in Backup options > Notifications > E-mail
(p. 85) and in Recovery options > Notifications > E-mail (p. 123) respectively.
To configure e-mail notification
1. In the E-mail addresses field, type the destination e-mail address. You can enter several
addresses separated by semicolons.
2. In the Subject field, type the notification subject or leave the default value. Variables are not
supported in this field.
3. In the SMTP server field, enter the name of the outgoing mail server (SMTP).
4. In the Port field, set the port of the outgoing mail server. By default, the port is set to 25.
5. If the outgoing mail server requires authentication, enter User name and Password of the
sender's e-mail account.
If the SMTP server does not require authentication, leave the User name and Password fields
blank. If you are not sure whether the SMTP server requires authentication, contact your
network administrator or your e-mail service provider for assistance.
6. Click Additional e-mail parameters... to configure additional e-mail parameters as follows:
a. From – type the name of the sender. If you leave this field empty, the messages will contain
the sender's e-mail account in the From field.