Email Configuration

Users with administrator privilege on MetaDefender Core are allowed to setup email configurations for SMTP in order to enable password recovery feature (please check Password Recovery).

SMTP configuration


Server configuration

Properties

Description

Option

SERVER HOST

SMTP server host

IP address / Domain all accepted

SERVER PORT

SMTP server port

Some default common ports:

  • 25 (TCP)

  • 465 (SSL)

  • 587 (TLS)

CONNECTION TYPE

Specify type of connection between MetaDefender Core and SMTP server

  • TCP (Unsecured email transmission protocol)

  • SSL (Secured email transmission protocol)

  • TLS (Secured email transmission protocol)

AUTH METHOD

Specify the authorization protocol connecting to SMTP server

  • AUTH PLAIN

  • AUTH LOGIN (preferred)

  • NONE (no authentication)

User authentication

Properties

Description

Constraint

EMAIL

Email address


USERNAME

Username for SMTP authentication (No required if AUTH METHOD = NONE)

Disallowed characters: [] : | ; = * ? < > / \ "

PASSWORD

Password for SMTP authentication (No required if AUTH METHOD = NONE)


Please make sure to hit "SAVE SETTINGS" button once configuration is done.

Otherwise "CLEAR SETTINGS" button once hit will clear up all mail settings on the page.

Microsoft 365 OAuth


How to get Client Secret and Client ID

  1. If you already have this setup, please ignore those steps and goto step 7 and step 8

  2. Log in to: Microsoft Azure

  3. Select Microsoft Azure Entra ID


  1. Register a new app


  1. Add Graph APIs


  1. Give correct permissions for Mail: Mail.ReadWrite and Mail.Send



  1. Give correct permissions for User: User.Read.All


  1. Expected result


  1. Copy client id and tenant id


  1. Generate client secret (if it does not exist)