ZyXEL Communications 50 User Manual

ZyWALL 50 Internet Security Gateway 

Using the ZyWALL Web Configurator 

 

9-5 

 

Address Info 

 

 

Mail Server  Enter the IP address of your mail server in dotted 

decimal notation. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) 
should be able to provide this information. If this field is 
left blank, log and alert messages will not be sent via e-
mail. 

 

 

Mail Subject  Enter a subject that you want to appear in the subject 

field of your e-mail here (see Figure 9-4). If you leave 
this field blank then the default “Firewall Alert From       
ZyWALL” displays as your e-mail subject. 

 

E-mail Alerts To  Enter the e-mail address (username@mydomain.com) 

of whoever is responsible for maintaining the firewall, 
e.g., your system administrator. If this field is left blank, 
alert messages will not be sent via e-mail. 

 

Return address  Enter an e-mail address to identify the ZyWALL as the 

sender of the e-mail messages i.e., a “return-to-sender” 
address for backup purposes. 

 

Log Timer 

 

 

Log Schedule  This pop-up menu is used to configure the frequency of 

log messages being sent as e-mail: daily, weekly, 
hourly, only when the log is full or none. If the Weekly 
or the Daily option is selected, specify a time of day 
when the e-mail should be sent. If the Weekly option is 
selected, then also specify which day of the week the e-
mail should be sent. If the When Log is Full option is 
selected, an alert is sent when the log fills up. If you 
select None, no log messages are e-mailed. 

Day for Sending 

Alerts 

Click which day of the week you want to send the alert 
from the drop down list box. 

Sunday through 

Saturday 

Time for Sending 

Alerts 

Click the up or down arrows to the right of the list box to 
choose a time to send the alerts. 

 

When you have finished, click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen, Cancel 
to exit this screen without saving, or Help for online HTML help on fields in this screen.