Enabling email

About this task

To use the email function, you must install and set up an email server. For example, for a forgotten password, to export and email a report, or to request access to certain targets.

To enable the email function, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Log on to IBM® BigFix® Remote Control server with a valid admin ID and password.
  2. Click Admin > Edit properties files.
  3. Select trc.properties.
  4. Edit the following variables
    email.enabled
    Set to true to enable email.
    SMTP.server
    Set to the address of your mail server.
    SMTP.authentication
    Set to true of false, Set to true to authenticate with the SMTP ID and password.
    SMTP.userid
    User ID for the SMTP server.
    SMTP.password
    Password for the SMTP server.
  5. Click Submit.

Results

The email function is enabled.