Enabling and configuring SMTP server authentication

Use this procedure to set up authentication and enable TLS for the SMTP server. This action avoids using anonymous access to your SMTP server.

After 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.

  1. Create a service for the SMTP authentication.
    1. In your environment data area, select Security Administration > System Management > Service or Security Administration > System Management > Service Management > Service if the consolidated Security Administration menu is enabled.
    2. On the Service List form, click Create.
    3. Specify this information:
      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.

    4. Click Save.
  2. In the Administration Console, select Configuration Parameters.
  3. On the Configuration Parameter Categories form, filter on and select email.
  4. On the Available Keys By Runtime Component tab, select the entry with the SMTPServiceName key 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. Click Submit.
  6. On the Available Keys By Runtime Component tab, select the entry with the mail.smtp.auth key and click Create Parameter.
  7. On the Create Parameter form, specify true in the Value field. Click Submit.
  8. To use TLS, on the Available Keys By Runtime Component tab, select the entry with the mail.smtp.starttls.enable key and click Create Parameter.
  9. On the Create Parameter form, specify true in the Value field. Click Submit.