Configuring an E-Mail Notifier

Use an e-mail notifier to send an e-mail message to one or more recipients. The e-mail message can provide detailed information about the device that triggered the notifier. The example below shows the Configure Notifier window for the E-mail notifier type.

 Configuring an e-mail notifier.

To configure an e-mail notifier:

1. In the Configure Notifier window, choose "Electronic mail (SMTP)" from the Notifier Type drop-down menu.
2. In the Address box, enter the e-mail address you want to receive the notification. You can enter multiple addresses, separated by commas, spaces, tabs, newlines, or carriage returns.

Note: E-mail is sent using an outgoing SMTP mail server. Before InterMapper can send e-mail notifications, you must specify the SMTP host you want to use for sending e-mail notifications. For more information on how to specify your outgoing SMTP mail server (and a backup server) see E-mail Preferences.

Editing the Text of an E-mail Notification Message

Edit E-mail Message window, showing the default e-mail message.

An E-mail notifier sends a text message that describes the failure.

Use the Edit Message window to edit the message sent by the notifier. The example below shows the Edit E-mail Message window containing the default e-mail message. The list at the lower left contains variables you can substitute in the text.

Double-click an item to insert it into the message text. When the notification is sent, the inserted item is replaced with its current value in the message text.

<Event>:
 <Device Name>

<Timestamp>:
 Message from InterMapper <Version>
Event: <Event>
Name: <Device Name>
Document: <Document Name>
Address: <Device Address>
Probe Type: <Probe Type>
Condition: <Device Condition>
Time since last
 reported down: <Last Down>
Device's up time: <SysUpTime>

Note: You can also use InterMapper variables and Javascript to insert information dynamically into a notifier's subject or message text. For more information, see Dynamic Label & Alert Text(Pg 1).