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Understanding the Preferences Email Settings

The Email Settings tab of the Preferences dialog allows you to specify how and when you want to be notified about new patch information.

The available options are to receive email notifications:

You can select multiple options. You will also need to include an email address (or multiple email addresses) with or without an SMTP address. To enter multiple email addresses, each address must be separated by a semi-colon character.

Send Email Notification: When updates are Available

Specifies to receive an email notification when a new patch is available.

Send Email Notification: When Download is Completed

Specifies to receive an email notification when a download of a patch has been completed.

Send Email Notification: When Installation is Completed

Specifies to receive an email notification when an installation of a patch has been completed.

SMTP Server

Specifies the SMTP server address used for sending email notifications from Arcserve to your server. If you select the "My SMTP Server requires Authentication" option, you must also enter the authentication information (User ID and Password) required to use the SMTP server.

By default, MX (Mail Exchange) will be used to deliver email notifications to users on your domain if no service is specified.

Note: An MX record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that is used to specify how internet email should be routed and delivered by the mail exchange server to the users within your domain using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).