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Figure 23.Email Recipients form
Fields and controls
Table 33. Email form fields
Field
Description
Email Address
Phone Number
Facility
Test Email
Description
The name of the person to whom the e-mail is sent, or a description of the group, if using an alias (up
to 60 alphanumeric characters).
The e-mail address to which the alarm is sent. If you want the message to go to multiple addressees,
enter a valid e-mail alias. An alias is used to send a message to more than one email address. Any
messages sent to this address are handled by the Sendmail subsystem and routed to the appropriate
e-mail addresses in the e-mail alias.
The phone number of the person specified by the e-mail address.
Click Facility to display the facilities list box. This field reflects the facility to which this record is
assigned. For more information, see Creating facilities on page 52.
Click the Test Email button to send a test email to the email address entered.
Related procedures
To create, edit, or delete an email record:
1. Select Control, Routings, and then Email Recipients tab.
2. Refer to Creating, editing, deleting, and printing records on page 36.
To set up an alias:
1. Open a new terminal window.
2. Change to the root user by typing: su
3. Using an editor, such as vi, add the new alias to the /etc/aliases file. Each alias must
be unique and must start on a new line. Aliases are in the form:
alias: name@somedomain.com, name2@someotherdomain.net
For more information, at the command prompt, type: man aliases