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Page 12 Initial Configuration Settings
Initial Configuration Settings
The first time you log in to the SonicWALL Email Security
appliance, you are directed to the system configuration page.
Configure your settings as follows:
Monitoring
Hostname and Networking
Email address of
the administrator
who receives
emergency alerts
The email address of the mail server
administrator. Enter the complete email
address.
For example, user@example.com
Postmaster for
the MTA
The email address of the Mail Transfer Agent
administrator who will receive non-deliverable
receipts.
For example, mail@example.com
Name or IP
address of
backup SMTP
servers
Enter fully qualified domain names or IP
addresses.
For example, mail2.example.com or 10.100.0.1
Hostname Enter a hostname you can use within your
network to address the SonicWALL Email
Security appliance. Enter a fully qualified
domain name.
For example, emailsecurity.example.com
Get all network
settings from
DHCP
Select this if you want your SonicWALL Email
Security appliance to get dynamic IP settings
from the DHCP server on your network.
Use the static
settings below
Select this to assign your SonicWALL Email
Security appliance a static IP address.
Enter:
• This machine's IP address
• Primary DNS server IP address (the local
DNS server that has the MX record for
your mail server)
• Fallback DNS server IP address
• Default gateway IP address
• Subnet mask