Enabling and Configuring SMTP Server Authentication

Use this procedure to set up authentication for your SMTP server. TLS. This allows you to avoid using anonymous access to your SMTP server. You can also enable TLS for the SMTP server.

Once you have created a service and enabled SMTP server authentication, you must configure identities for the email service. See Setting Up Users for SMTP Server Authentication.

To set up SMTP server authentication

  1. Create a service for the SMTP authentication.
    1. Navigate to Start > Applications > Security System Management > Service.
    2. Click Create on the Services List form and specify values for the following fields:
      Service

      Specify a name for the service, such as EMAIL.

      Service Type

      Select Form Based.

      Login Scheme

      Select a login scheme that is set up with a login procedure of X Ref Lookup, such as the SSOPV2 login procedure.

    3. Click Save.
  2. Access the ConfigurationParameter table. In the data area you are setting up the SMTP authentication for, navigate to Start > Data > la > Business Classes > ConfigurationParameter or access the Configuration Parameters form of the Landmark Administration Console.
  3. Add a new configuration parameter to identify the SMTP service, using the following settings, and click Save:
    Component

    Specify email.

    Name

    Specify SMTPServiceName.

    Type

    Select AlphaUpper.

    Size

    Specify a length sufficient to accommodate the name of the service.

    Value

    Specify the name of the service you created.

  4. To enable SMTP server authentication, add a new configuration parameter with the following settings and click Save:
    Component

    Specify email.

    Name

    Specify mail.smtp.auth.

    Type

    Select boolean.

    Value

    Specify true.

  5. If you want to use TLS, also add a new configuration parameter with the following settings and click Save:
    Component

    Specify email.

    Name

    Specify mail.smtp.starttls.enable.

    Type

    Select boolean.

    Value

    Specify true.