C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide - Tyco Security ...

E-mail and Paging General InformationE-mail and Paging General InformationE-mail (electronic mail) is the automatic transmission of a message from onecomputer user to another computer user, the recipient. The message can besent and received by users on the same computer network or by users ondifferent, and geographically distant, computer networks. Outgoing mail isreferred to as Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail and requires anSMTP mail server to transmit the message. The message passes from thesending computer to the SMTP mail server and on to the recipient through acomputer network and/or via routers over common-carrier (telephone) lines.To send e-mail, you must have either a local SMTP mail server on yournetwork or an e-mail account with an Internet service provider (ISP). A localSMTP mail server is a software package running on a computer on yournetwork. Examples of local mail servers are Microsoft ® Exchange Server,Novell ® GroupWise ® , Whistle InterJet ® , and Lotus Notes ® Server. Internetservice providers each have their own mail server that is shared by all servicesubscribers. Examples of ISPs are America Online, MediaOne ® , and Prodigy.If you have a local SMTP mail server, you will be able to send e-mail torecipients having accounts on your local network. You can obtain the name ofyour local mail server from your system administrator. If you have an accountwith an ISP, you will be able to send mail to anyone who has an Internet e-mail address. You can obtain the name of your ISP’s mail server directly fromyour ISP.Paging is the transmission of a message to a recipient’s pager—a smallreceiver device worn on a belt or in a pocket. A page message can be eithernumeric (displaying a phone number to call) or alphanumeric (displaying atext message); this depends on the capabilities of the recipient pager.You can set up paging for your company or site in different ways:• As paging via direct connect to a local paging terminal—by purchasing alocal paging system, such as Motorola People Finder LT . This kind ofpaging system includes equipment you purchase and own: a terminal andpager devices you distribute to personnel. The system is accessed via aserial port on the C•CURE 800/8000 server.C•CURE 800/8000 can communicate with any local paging terminal thatuses the Telecator Alphanumeric Paging (TAP) protocol.C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide 16–3