5.2 Enabling System and Service Notifications

You can configure the Mobility system to notify specified users when critical situations arise that require administrator attention.

  1. In the Mobility Admin console , click Config.

  2. In the Notification Enabled field, select Enabled.

  3. Fill in the following fields:

    SMTP IP Address: Specify the IP address of an SMTP host for sending email. This could be a GroupWise GWIA server, but you can also use another email system such as sendmail on a Linux server or a personal email account.

    SMTP Port: The port number on which the Mobility Service can communicate with the SMTP host.

    Authentication User Name: The email user name to send the notification messages from.

    Authentication User Password: (Conditional) The email password if one is required on the email account.

    System Notifications: A comma-delimited list of email addresses to send a notification to when the Mobility server encounters a critical (red) alert or condition.

    Service Notifications: A comma-delimited list of email addresses to send a notification to when a new device needs to be released from the quarantine.

    For more information about the quarantine, see Quarantining New Devices to Prevent Immediate Connection and Releasing a New Device from the Quarantine.

  4. Click Save to save the new setting(s).

  5. Restart the Mobility Service:

    gms restart