E-mail configuration page

The Internet Gate has built-in SMTP- and POP3 clients.

The SMTP client allows the unit to send e-mail. E-mails can contain logs, debug files and voicemail.

The POP3 client allows the unit to check e-mail accounts for new mail.

You must always specify the IP address of the SMTP server you intend to use, and the Domain it uses. You must enter the IP address of the server, not its URL. Domain is the part that follows after @ in your e-mail address.

SMTP servers are usually provided by ISP-s or corporations. Advanced users may also setup SMTP servers themselves. Ask your ISP or employer about their SMTP server. Please notice that web based e-mail servers can NOT be used.

To protect SMTP servers from spam most of them use different security schemes:

• Some SMTP servers do not use the standard port 25 to communicate, but a different port like 2525. Then you need to enter that port number into the Port field.
• Some SMTP servers demand a username and password to allow connection. Enter the username (not necessarily the same as your e-mail address!) and password you have got from the server's administrator into the fields. If no username is given the Internet Gate will attempt to connect anonymously, but not all servers allow it.
• Some SMTP servers allow only e-mails sent from existing accounts. As your Internet Gate usually sends e-mails from IX78@your.domain it might get into trouble if there is no IX78 account on the SMTP server. In that case you can enter an e-mail address to an existing account instead, and e-mails will then be sent from that account.

If you do not receive any e-mails from your Internet Gate then check your system log for any error messages, and check if all SMTP fields are filled in correctly. Check also if e-mail sending has properly been enabled on administration, voicemail and log configuration pages.