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Use the Email Setup dialog, which you can access from the Alert Setup page, to specify an email account to send alert messages to. This dialog provides the following options: 

• Enable: Specifies that email messaging is enabled. No other options are available until this option is selected.

• Mail Server: Specifies the mail server that is used to send the email message.

• Mail From: Specifies a "From" email address for the email server.

• To: Specifies the address of one or more primary recipients for the message. Separate addresses by using semicolons.

• CC: Specifies the address of one or more secondary recipients for the message. Separate addresses by using semicolons.

• Settings:

  • Requires authentication: Specifies that authentication is required and that a user name and password must be provided.

  • User Name: Specifies the user name for authentication. Available when Requires authentication is selected.

  • Password: Specifies the password for authentication. Available when Requires authentication is selected.

  • Port: Specifies the TCP port that is used by the mail server.

  • Reset to Default: Restores the default port setting.

  • Network Timeout: Specifies the maximum amount of time to wait for a response from the receiving server.

  • Encrypt connection data using Secure Socket Layer (SSL/TLS): Specifies that Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) support is used.

  • Encoding: Specifies the encoding scheme to use for the email message.