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SNMP traps


MIMEsweeper is capable of generating SNMP traps at startup and shutdown. The information required to enable SNMP traps is specified in the [SNMPTrapConfig] configuration section.

For MAILsweeper, this section is found in the mail configuration file, MIMESWP.CFG. For WEBsweeper, it is found in the Web configuration file, WEBSWP.CFG.

[SNMPTrapConfig] section

The [SNMPTrapConfig] configuration section provides the system configuration details that MIMEsweeper needs to generate SNMP traps. These details reflect the information entered during installation.

The [SNMPTrapConfig] section lists two directives, these are:

For example:

[SNMPTrapConfig]
Community=public
TargetAddress=195.121.24.11

The Community directive specifies the SNMP community name used by the SNMP manager. The default name is public.

The TargetAddress directive specifies the IP address or host name of the SNMP manager to which the SNMP traps will be sent.

MAILsweeper can also be configured to issue a trap to the SNMP Manager during disposal, using the Trap directive. See page 7-37 for more details.

If you are upgrading from a MIMEsweeper installation that is of a version prior to 3.2, or you did not enter any SNMP configuration information during installation, then the SNMP trap configuration section is disabled.

To enable SNMP traps, ensure that each line of the configuration section is no longer commented out.

That is, change:

;[SNMPTrapConfig]
;Community=public
;TargetAddress=IP address or host name

to:

[SNMPTrapConfig]
Community=public
TargetAddress=IP address or host name

Then enter the host name or IP address of your SNMP Manager, as the value of the TargetAddress directive.

For example:

[SNMPTrapConfig]
Community=public
TargetAddress=195.166.27.11
It is unlikely you will want to change the default SNMP community name but you can do this if required, by changing the value of the Community directive.



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