Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide - Ipswitch Documentation Server

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold User Guide
Note: You can configure additional options, including authentication and encryption options
by Setting Advanced Properties for an Email Active Monitor. To access this dialog, click
Advanced.
viii) Example: Email Monitor
This example creates an Email Monitor that checks to see if an account on Google's Gmail
service is working properly. To test and use the Email Monitor created in this example
properly, you need a working Gmail account configured to allow POP3 and SMTP access.
To create an Email Monitor for a Gmail account:
1 Click the Admin tab, then click Monitor Library. The Monitor Library dialog appears.
2 Click the Active tab inside the dialog.
3 Click New. The Select Active Monitor Type dialog appears.
4 Select the Email Monitor, then click OK. The Add Email Monitor dialog appears.
5 Enter or select the appropriate information in the dialog fields:
a) Enter Gmail Status in Name.
b) In Description, enter Checks Gmail status.
In the Outgoing mail section of the dialog:
c) Enter smtp.gmail.com in SMTP server.
d) Enter 587 for the Port.
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