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## Email (SMTP)

On the Settings > Notifications > Email (SMTP) page, you can enable SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) functionality and configure email notification of library events. The library must have network access to an SMTP server.

- SMTP Enabled – Check to enable SMTP. When checked, the remaining configurations are active.
- Notification Level – The types of events for which the library sends e-mail

- Inactive – No events are sent.
- Critical – Only critical events are sent.
- + Warnings – Only critical and warning events are sent.
- + Configuration – Only critical, warning, and configuration events are sent.
- + Information – All events are sent.

- SMTP Server – Host name or IP address of the SMTP server
- Security – Security protocol for accessing the SMTP server

- None
- SSL = SSL/TLS
- TLS = STARTTLS

- SMTP Port – SMTP server port. The default port for the selected protocol is selected. You can choose one of the default ports or configure a custom port.
- To Email Address – The address to receive the reported events (for example firstname.lastname@example.com). Only one email address can be configured.
- Mailer Name – Name of the sender of the email
- Email Subject – Subject line for the email message
- Emailer Address – Return address to use for the email message
- Authentication Required – When checked, a user name and password are required to access the SMTP server.
- Username – User account for logging in to the SMTP server when authentication is required
- Password – Password associated with the Username when authentication is required