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When the FortiAnalyzer unit receives a log messages meeting the alert event
conditions, it sends an alert message as an email, syslog message or SNMP
Trap, informing an administrator of the issue and where it is occurring.
You can configure the methods FortiAnalyzer units use to send alert messages.
The FortiAnalyzer unit can send an alert message to an email address via SMTP,
a Syslog server or as an SNMP Trap.
Configuring alerts by email server
You must first configure an SMTP server to configure the FortiAnalyzer unit to
send email alert messages,
If the mail server is defined by a domain name, the FortiAnalyzer unit will query
the DNS server to resolve the IP address of that domain name. In this case, you
must also define a DNS server. See
to configure a DNS server.
If sending an email by SMTP fails, the FortiAnalyzer unit will re-attempt to send
the message every ten seconds, and never stop, until it succeeds in sending the
message or the administrator reboots the FortiAnalyzer unit.
Figure 2: Mail server list
From Email Address When configuring the FortiAnalyzer unit to send an email alert
message, enter the sender’s email address.
To Email Address
When configuring the FortiAnalyzer unit to send an email alert
message, enter the recipients’ email address.
Add
Select Add to add the destination for the alert message. Add as
many recipients as required.
Delete
Select a recipient from the Destination list and select Delete to
remove a recipient.
Include Alert Severity Select the alert severity value to include in the outgoing alert
message information.
Note: Mail servers that you have defined for the FortiAnalyzer unit to be able to send alerts
can also be selected when configuring report profiles and vulnerability scan jobs to email
report output. For more information, see
“Configuring vulnerability scan jobs” on page 162
“Configuring reports” on page 113
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