Alert Settings

If you configure the Alert Settings, Secure Exchange Gateway generates an email alert message to a specified recipient when it performs the Generate an Alert action in a content rule.

Configure Alert Settings

  1. Navigate to System > Gateway Settings > Policy Engine Settings. The Policy Engine Settings page is displayed.
  2. In the Alert Settings panel, click Click here to change these settings.

  3. Specify the Sender, Recipient and Subject for email alert messages. Note that you may only specify one recipient.

    Token Description
    %ADMIN%

    The administrator account email address used by the Policy Engine.
    %AREANAME%

    The name of the message area containing the message.
    %DATE%

    The date the original message was sent.
    %DETECTED%

    Items detected by the What To Look For? clauses in invoked content rules.
    %LOCALDATE%

    The date the original message was sent, shown in the Gateway's local timezone.
    %POLICY%

    A list of the content rules invoked on the message.
    %PRIMARYTHREATS%

    The threat type and name detected in a message. The values are separated by a colon, for example, VIRUS:EICAR.
    %RCPTS%

    A list of the recipients. (This is a concatenated list of all the "Recipient" responses.)
    %SENDER%

    The email address of the sender of the original message.
    %SERVER%

    The Gateway server email address.
    %SUBJECT%

    The subject of the original message.
    %UNIQUEID%

    The Mail ID: a unique ID the Gateway assigns to a message.
  4. Click Save.
  5. Apply the configuration.
  If you change any configuration or policy settings, you must Apply Configuration for the new settings to take effect. You can do this either from the Changes Made panel, or System > Configuration > Apply Configuration. See Apply new configuration for more information.If you use Peer Gateways (i.e. when multiple Gateways are peered), any configuration changes from a local Gateway can then be applied to all the peers at the same time. See Configure Peer Gateways for more information.