Enabling and configuring SMTP server authentication

Use this procedure to set up authentication for your SMTP server.. 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. In your environment data area, select Security Administration > System Management > Service .
    2. On the Service List form, click Create 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. In the Administration Console, select Other > System Configuration Parameters > By Residence Category.
  3. On the Configuration Parameter Categories form, in the top list section, filter on and select “email.”
  4. On the Available Keys By Runtime Component tab, select the entry with the key of "SMTPServiceName" and click Create Parameter.
  5. On the Create Parameter form, specify a length sufficient to accommodate the name of the service in the Length field and specify the name of the service in the Value field. Then click Submit.
  6. On the Available Keys By Runtime Component tab, select the entry with the key of "mail.smtp.auth" and click Create Parameter.
  7. On the Create Parameter form, specify true in the Value field. Then click Submit.
  8. If you want to use TLS, on the Available Keys By Runtime Component tab, select the entry with the key of "mail.smtp.starttls.enable" and click Create Parameter.
  9. On the Create Parameter form, specify true in the Value field. Then click Submit.