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E-mailing notifications

1. From the Protection summary page, click Change in the E-mail notifications section.

   In order to use e-mail notification, you may need to complete any or all of the following on the Double-Take Availability for VMware Infrastructure server.

   • Disable anti-virus software
   • Open port 25 in your anti-virus software to allow SMTP e-mail
   • Enable outbound e-mail messages
   • Exclude VI_Service.exe from blocked processes for sending outbound e-mail messages.

    

2. If you have not yet configured an e-mail server, you will be prompted at the top of the window. Click Configure.
3. Specify the e-mail notification settings.
• Recipients—Enter the e-mail addresses where the e-mail messages should be sent. Separate the addresses with a comma, semi-colon, or carriage return.
• Notifications—Select the event categories that you want to be notified about. If there are no event categories selected, there will be no e-mail notifications.

4. Click Test E-mail Settings to verify your e-mail configuration.

   The following error message indicates anti-virus software on the server may be blocking outbound e-mail messages.

   Failure sending mail. Unable to connect to the remote server. An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.

    

5. Click Save.