Weidmuller GPRS Alarm Unit - Manual (Page 58)

Configuration
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SMTP server/IP
• Server via which the e-mail is to be sent
• This server is bound to the e-mail account.
• Either a server name or an IP address can be specified; syntax:
aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd, for example 213.165.64.20
These data are provided by your e-mail provider.
• This server can be compared with the posting box used to send
conventional letters.
Authentication
• Most e-mail providers require an authentication to send e-mails via
an SMTP server.
• Selection:
▫ none
No authentication is required, or the authentication is provided
via the senders and often via the recipient's e-mail address (see
Section 4.6 Alarm Message).
In other words: Only e-mails with certain addresses can be sent.
▫ SMTP after POP
An authentication procedure which is supported by many e-mail
providers.
Before sending an e-mail, the user must access his e-mail inbox
(see below) using his password and his user name.
Subsequently, he is left a defined time window of, for example,
15 minutes, within which he may send e-mails via SMTP. Thus,
the successful POP authentication serves as an authentication
for sending via SMTP.
▫ SMTP AUTH
An authentication method which is supported by many e-mail
providers.
With a user name and password, a user is entitled, for example,
to send e-mails via the above-specified
SMTP server.