To configure SMTP logging, you must do the following tasks, in this order:
■ Enable the email notification system.
■ Identify an SMTP server and port number for forwarding the log messages.
■ Provide the default origin and destination information for the SMTP messages.
■ Select the event categories for which SMTP messages should be generated.
You can choose separate sender and recipient email addresses for each event category.
System Verbose Any settings change made on the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console is logged when you click Enter on the page.
Information Information that is related to system functionality (for example, Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers has started or stopped) and any settings change made on the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console are logged. This level also includes all of the events that are logged at the Error level.
Warning There are no warning events for the system event source.
Any settings change made on the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console is logged when you click Enter on the page.
Error Errors that are related to system
functionality (for example, an internal run-time error occurred, or an error while checking the IP or host name of the Symantec Scan Engine) and any settings change made on the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console arelogged.
None Any settings change made on the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console is logged when you click Enter on the page.
Table 6-2 Types of events for SMTP logging Event source Logging level Description
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You can also customize the message for each type of event.
See“Customizing SMTP messages” on page 117.
To enable or disable the email notification system
1 On the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console, under Logging and Notifications, click Email notification settings.
2 Under Global Email Settings, check Enable email notification system.
If this option is not enabled, no email notifications are sent for logged events.
To identify an SMTP server and port number
1 On the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console, under Logging and Notifications, click Email notification settings.
2 Under Global Email Settings, in the SMTP Server Host or IP Address box, type the IP address or the host name of the SMTP server that will forward the SMTP messages.
In the SMTP Server Port box, type the port number on which the SMTP server listens. It can be any number between 1 and 32456. The default setting is 25.
3 If the email server requires authentication, do all of the following:
To provide the default origin and destination information for SMTP messages 1 On the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console, under Logging and
Notifications, click Email notification settings.
2 Under Global Email Settings, in the From Address box, type the default originating email address.
Format the email address according to your company email policies. For example:
<username>@<domainname>
where <username> is the sender’s user name, and <domainname> is the appropriate domain name.
3 In the Email Server Display Name box, type the server name that you want to appear in the SMTP messages that are generated by the Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers.
The name should be one that is easily identified by the recipient as relating to Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers.
User Name Type the user name.
Password Type the password.
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If you do not specify an Email Server Display Name, the “From Address”
appears in the From field for SMTP messages by default.
4 In the To Address box, type the email address of the default recipient to whom the email notifications are sent.
Type multiple recipient email addresses on separate lines. You can specify a maximum of 20 recipient email addresses.
5 Click Save.
To select the events for which SMTP messages should be generated
1 On the Symantec Protection for SharePoint console, under Logging and Notifications, click Email notification settings.
2 Enable the email notification system.
See“To enable or disable the email notification system” on page 115.
This option enables SMTP logging for all event categories by default.
3 Under Virus Found Notification Settings, check Enable Notification.
Uncheck the option to disable this feature.
This option is enabled by default.
4 Do one of the following:
5 Click Edit Email Template to customize the SMTP message.
See“Customizing SMTP messages” on page 117.
6 Click Save.
7 Repeat steps 3 through 6 for the following event categories:
■ Symantec Scan Engine Notification Settings To use the default email
sender and recipient address
Check Use default email sender and recipient.
To specify a different email sender and recipient
Do all of the following:
■ Uncheck Use default email sender and recipient.
■ In the From Address box, type the email address that you want to appear in the From field in the email message.
■ In the Email Address Display Name box, type the email address display name.
■ In the To Address box, type the email recipient address.
You can specify a maximum of 20 email recipients. Separate multiple entries with a line space.
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■ Manual/Scheduled Scan Notification Settings
■ Information Notification Settings
■ Scanning Process Notification Settings
■ Error Notification Settings.
8 Under Level of Notification, click the drop-down menu and select the notification level for this notification.
This option applies to all of the notification settings except Virus Found Notification Settings.
Symantec Protection for SharePoint Servers sends email notifications of the selected type for each event category.
9 Click Save.