Send EMail

You can configure emails to be sent when an event occurs and can customize the message.

Messages consist of a combination of free text and PXE placeholders. The placeholders represent information is pulled from the PXE and inserted into the message.

For example:

[USERNAME] logged into the device on [TIMESTAMP]

translates to

JQPublic logged into the device on 2012-January-30 21:00

See Email and SMS Message Placeholders for a list and definition of available variables.

  1. Choose Device Settings > Event Rules. The Event Rules Settings dialog opens.
  2. Click the Actions tab.
  3. Click New.
  4. In the "Action name" field, type a new name for the action. The default name is New Action <number>, where <number> is a sequential number starting at 1.
  5. In the Action field, click the drop-down arrow and select the desired action: Send SMTP message.
  6. In the "Recipients email addresses" field, specify the email address(es) of the recipient(s). Use a comma to separate multiple email addresses.
  7. To use the SMTP server specified in the SMTP Server Settings dialog, select the Use Default SMTP Server checkbox.

    To use a different SMTP server, select the Use Custom SMTP Settings checkbox.

    If the SMTP server settings are not configured yet, click Configure. See Configuring SMTP Settings for the information of each field. Default messages are sent based on the event. See Default Log Messages for a list of default log messages and events that trigger them.

  8. If needed, select the Use Custom Log Message checkbox, and then create a custom message in the provided field.

    Click the Information icon i icon to open the Event Context Information dialog, which contains a list of placeholders and their definitions. See Email and SMS Message Placeholders for more details.

  9. Click OK.

See Also

Creating Actions

Action Group

Alarm

Log an Event Message

Send an SNMP Notification

Syslog Message

Send Sensor Report

Switch Peripheral Actuator