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Chapter 25 Logs Screens
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 134 LOGS > Log Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
E-mail Log Settings
Mail Server Enter the server name or the IP address of the mail server for the e-mail
addresses specified below. If this field is left blank, logs and alert messages
will not be sent via e-mail.
Mail Subject Type a title that you want to be in the subject line of the log e-mail message
that the ZyWALL sends.
Mail Sender Enter the e-mail address that you want to be in the from/sender line of the log
e-mail message that the ZyWALL sends. If you activate SMTP authentication,
the e-mail address must be able to be authenticated by the mail server as well.
Send Log To Logs are sent to the e-mail address specified in this field. If this field is left
blank, logs will not be sent via e-mail.
Send Alerts To Alerts are sent to the e-mail address specified in this field. If this field is left
blank, alerts will not be sent via e-mail.
Log Schedule This drop-down menu is used to configure the frequency of log messages
being sent as E-mail:
Daily
Weekly
Hourly
When Log is Full
None.
If you select Weekly or Daily, specify a time of day when the E-mail should be
sent. If you select Weekly, then also specify which day of the week the E-mail
should be sent. If you select When Log is Full, an alert is sent when the log
fills up. If you select None, no log messages are sent.
Day for Sending Log Use the drop down list box to select which day of the week to send the logs.
Time for Sending Log Enter the time of the day in 24-hour format (for example 23:00 equals 11:00
pm) to send the logs.
SMTP Authentication SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the message-exchange standard for
the Internet. SMTP enables you to move messages from one e-mail server to
another.
Select the check box to activate SMTP authentication. If mail server
authentication is needed but this feature is disabled, you will not receive the e-
mail logs.
User Name Enter the user name (up to 31 characters) (usually the user name of a mail
account).
Password Enter the password associated with the user name above.
Syslog Logging Syslog allows you to send system logs to a server.
Syslog logging sends a log to an external syslog server.
Active Click Active to enable syslog logging.
Syslog Server Enter the server name or IP address of the syslog server that will log the
selected categories of logs.
Log Facility Select a location from the drop down list box. The log facility allows you to log
the messages to different files in the syslog server. Refer to the documentation
of your syslog program for more details.
Active Log and Alert
Log Select the categories of logs that you want to record. Logs include alerts.