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Organizations that use SMTP Relaying to forward mail to domains other than their own typically only permit authenticated relaying. This process requires you to authenticate before you can send a message, either by providing a password or by logging into the mail server before sending any mail. Authenticated relaying prevents using the organization's SMTP server to send spam.

ipMonitor provides the ability to authenticate with SMTP Relay Servers, which allows:

• The IMAP - QA and POP3 - QA Monitors to log in and retrieve email in order to validate email content.
• Sending email Alerts.

To Enable SMTP Relay Server Authentication:

1. Log in to the ipMonitor Administration web interface.
2. Click the Settings menu option and select Server Settings.

3. Enter the IP Address / Domain Name and TCP Port number of the SMTP Relay Server.
4. Click the Select... button to choose or create a Credential to be used when connecting to the SMTP Relay Server.
5. Click OK to save your settings.

ipMonitor supports the following authentication options for SMTP Relay Servers:

• Digest Authentication
• NTLM Authentication (Windows NT LAN Manager)

For information on other features and concepts related to those discussed in this article, refer to the following ipMonitor resources:

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Last Updated: April 17, 2006 | What did you think of this topic?