Fortinet FortiGate 400 - Configuring alert email; Adding alert email addresses

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Configuring alert email Logging and reporting
Deleting a saved log file
Use the following procedure to delete a saved log file:
1 Go to Log&Report > Logging.
2 Select Traffic Log, Event Log, Attack log, Antivirus Log, Web Filter Log, or Email Filter
Log.
The web-based manager lists all saved logs of the selected type, with the active log at
the top of the list. For each log, the list shows the date and time at which an entry was
last added to the log, the size of the log file, and its name.
3 To delete a saved log file, select Delete .
4 Select OK to delete the log file.
Configuring alert email
You can configure the FortiGate unit to send alert email to up to three email addresses
when there are virus incidents, block incidents, network intrusions, and other firewall
or VPN events or violations. After you set up the email addresses, you can test the
settings by sending test email.
• Adding alert email addresses
• Testing alert email
• Enabling alert email
Adding alert email addresses
Because the FortiGate unit uses the SMTP server name to connect to the mail server,
it must be able to look up this name on your DNS server. Therefore, before configuring
alert email ensure that you have configured at least one DNS server.
To add a DNS server
1 Go to System > Network > DNS.
2 If they have not already been added, add the primary and secondary DNS server
addresses provided to you by your ISP.
3 Select Apply.
To add alert email addresses
1 Go to Log&Report > Alert Mail > Configuration.
2 Select Authentication if your email server requires an SMTP password.
3 In the SMTP Server field, type the name of the SMTP server to which the FortiGate
unit should send email, in the format smtp.domain.com.
The SMTP server can be located on any network connected to the FortiGate unit.
4 In the SMTP User field, type a valid email address in the format user@domain.com.
This address appears in the From header of the alert email.
5 In the Password field, type the password that the SMTP user needs to access the
SMTP server.
A password is required if you select Authentication.