TLS Encryption for Email Server Profiles

Configure a certificate profile for the email server.
Create or edit an email server profile.
Configure TLS authentication for the email server profile.
Select
SMTP over TLS
as the
Protocol
.
(
Optional
) Specify the
Port
number you want to use to send the email (default is 587 for TLS).
Specify the
TLS Version
(either
1.2
or
1.1
).
As a best practice, we recommend that you use the latest available version of TLS.
Select the
Authentication Method
:
Auto
(default)—Allow the client and server to determine the authentication method.
Login
—Use Base64 encoding for the username and password and transmit them separately.
Plain
—Use Base64 encoding for the username and password and transmit them together.
Select the
Certificate Profile
that you configured in Step 1.
Enter the
User Name
and
Password
for the account that sends the email, then
Confirm Password
.
(
Optional
)
Test Connection
to confirm the firewall can connect to the email server.
Commit
your changes.
You can now use the authenticated email server profile to configure email alerts for logs, to schedule reports for email delivery to a single recipient, and to create report groups to send reports to multiple recipients.