Setting Up Email Notification of Security Events

The E-Mail Notification tab (click to view image) provides you with the option to automatically notify a specified recipient via email of any attacks against your computer.

To Activate E-Mail Notification

  1. First, select the frequency of notification. You have three choices. Selecting Do Not Notify will disable the email notification option. Select Notify Immediately to have an email sent immediately following an attack on your computer. Alternately, you can select to have an email sent at regular intervals following an attack, by selecting the After Every X Minute(s) dial.

  1. Enter an email address in the From: address field. This can be your personal email address or another email address.

  2. Enter a recipient email address in the To: field. This can be an administrator's email address, or your email address, if you are accessing email remotely.

  3. If you wish, you can send a courtesy copy of each email to a specified email address in the Cc: field.

  4. Enter a subject in the Subject field.

  5. Enter your SMTP Server Address.

  6. If your email server requires authentication, click My E-Mail Server Requires Authentication. Enter the address of the authentication server in the Authentication Server Address field.

  7. Enter your username and password for the authentication server in the appropriate fields.

  8. Click OK to save changes.