Send Mail Alert

General information

The mail alert is probably the most commonly used alert. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is used to send mail notifications in the Network Eagle application. You can specify global SMTP connection parameters in the Tools\Options\Connections section and these settings will be used automatically when you add a Send Mail alert to your check. Certainly, you can modify these settings for each separate Send Mail alert at any moment.

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol authentication is supported. The program supports the plain text login method. You should enter a valid username and password. In case no username is specified, this alert will be send anonymously.

Also, you can use the message format feature for the Subject and Body fields. Using the message format feature, you can insert some additional dynamic information available after the last service check into the subject and body fields. It can be the corresponsing error message, the service status and so on.

Alert Settings

Besides the standard alert settings, the following settings are available:

• From - Specify here your from address. This field is required.
• To - Specify your recipient mail address here. This field is required.
• Cc - Here you can specify additional recipients.
• Subject - Specify the message subject here. You can use message formatting patterns to insert additional information about a particular check into the subject string of your message. This property supports System Environment Variables.
• Body - Specify the message body here. You can use message formatting patterns to insert additional information about a particular check into the body of your message. This property supports System Environment Variables.
• SMTP Server - Specify the server you want to send mail through.
• SMTP Server Port - Specify the server port here.
• Connection Timeout - Specify a timeout for the connection to the SMTP server.