Email Configuration Panel
The Email Configuration Panel provides information about email configuration settings in the 
The Email Configuration panel provides a way to:
- Configure the email server.
- Set up an email account to receive notifications.
- View statistics on email operations.
Workflow
This workflow shows the necessary procedures to configure and verify Email Panel.
What do you want to do?
| Role | I want to ... | Show me how |
|---|---|---|
| Administrator | Configure the SMTP Email Server | |
| Administrator | Email Setting as Notification Server | |
|
Administrator |
Setup, Verify and Activate the Email Account |
Receive Notification on Email |
Related Topics
- Configure the Email Settings as Notification Server
- Configure Email as a Notification
- Configure Email Servers and Notification Accounts
Quick Look
The following example illustrates an Email configuration. The configuration defines how events are notified on Email.
| 1 | Displays the Email Configuration Panel. |
| 2 | Allows the user to configure Email Server sittings. |
| 3 | Provides feedback on Email operations. |
The Email Configuration panel has two sections: Email Server Settings and Email Statistics.
Email Server SettingsEmail Server Settings
In the Email Server Settings section, you configure the following parameters.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Mail server | The email server name. The default value is mail.google.com. |
| Server port | The server port used to send and receive emails. The default value is 25. |
| Use SSL | The preference for SSL use in communications between the email server and NetWitness. The default value is to not use SSL (unchecked). |
| From address | The address that appears in all emails from NetWitness. The default from address for emails is do-not-reply@rsa.com. |
| Username | The username to access the email server. The default value is blank. |
| User password | The user password to access the email server. The default value is blank. |
| Test connection | Tests the connection to the email server. |
| Apply | Applies the email configuration to this instance of NetWitness. |
Email Statistics
The Email Statistics section provides feedback on the number of successful and failed email operations as well as the time of the last successful and unsuccessful email operation. For each statistic the name of the statistic and the value is displayed.
