> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://syteca.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Email Sending Settings

> Configure the SMTP server, credentials, and recipient rules Syteca uses to send alert, USB monitoring, report, and health monitoring email notifications.

The **Email Sending Settings** tab controls how Syteca sends email notifications for alerts, USB monitoring, reports, and license expiration.

<Note>
  Editing requires the [administrative Client Installation and Management permission](/docs/administration/users/administrative-permissions).
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Email Sending Settings">
    Click **Configuration**, then select the **Email Sending Settings** tab.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Email Connection Settings

<Warning>
  **NOT AVAILABLE IN SAAS.**
</Warning>

* **SMTP mail server** — the outgoing mail server address.

  <Note>
    Mail servers that only support NTLM authentication (for example, Microsoft Exchange Server) aren't supported.
  </Note>

* **From** — the email account notifications are sent from.

* **Port** — the SMTP port.

* **Encrypted connection type** — **None**, **SSL**, or **TLS**.

* **Turn off certificate validation** — skip certificate validation for the connection.

## Email Connection Credentials

<Warning>
  **NOT AVAILABLE IN SAAS.**
</Warning>

Enter the **User** and **Password** for the mail server specified in **From** above. If the mail server doesn't require credentials, select **No authentication**.

## Administrator Email

Enter one or more email addresses (semicolon-separated) to receive license expiration notifications.

## Health Monitoring Notifications

<Warning>
  **NOT AVAILABLE IN SAAS.**
</Warning>

* **Send notification on error events** — notify immediately on every [System Health error event](/docs/administration/dashboards/system-error-reference).
* **Minimal interval between the same error events (min)** — how often repeated instances of the same error trigger a new notification, bundling the count of repeats in between. Default: 10 minutes.
* **Send notification in case of no error events** — get a notification if the Transaction Log stays clear, at the interval set in **Send notification in case of no error events every (hours)**. Default: 6 hours.
* **Email** — one or more recipient addresses, semicolon-separated.

## Domain restrictions

**Allow Syteca to send emails only to the following domains** restricts outgoing email to specific domains — enter one or more, semicolon-separated.

## Test the connection

<Warning>
  **NOT AVAILABLE IN SAAS.**
</Warning>

Send a test email to a specified address to confirm the connection settings above are correct.

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## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="System Health dashboards" icon="activity" href="/docs/administration/dashboards/system-health-dashboards">
    Where health monitoring error events originate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Alerts" icon="bell" href="/docs/session-monitoring/alerts">
    Configure alert rules that trigger these email notifications.
  </Card>

  <Card title="System settings" icon="settings" href="/docs/administration/configuration/system-settings">
    Other Configuration page settings.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
