Send Mail

The Send Mail event processor allows you to configure an appropriate email that should be sent whenever a selected event occurs. This is useful when you want to be alerted that a particular event has taken place, or when you require an email containing relevant event data to be sent to someone at the time the event happens.

e.g. If someone makes a proxy request to the WWW Proxy server, send an email to the administrator with the contents of the request (event data).

The Send Mail event processor properties allow you to insert relevant event data directly into the body of the configured email that is to be sent. Through using the Symbol Browser you can also access any predefined global strings that you have created in the WinGate Data system, for use in the email address details etc.

To use the Send Mail event processor:

1. Open the WinGate Management console.
2. Navigate to Control Panel > Events.
3. On the Events panel, right click on the registered event that you want to specify processing for, and select Specify processing to open the Specify event processing dialog.

   

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4. Click the Add button to open the Add Event Processing System dialog, where all of the available event processors will be listed.
5. Select the Send Mail event processor. This will open the Send Mail properties.

   

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6. Enter the required delivery details in the To, From, and Subject fields, and the appropriate message in the Message window. If you need to insert relevant event data into the email, you can click on the Insert symbol button to open the Symbol Browser so you can select event data you require. The selected event data will be automatically formatted into the desired position in the body of the email. This can include using predefined global strings you have configured in the WinGate Data system, for the relevant email address details etc.

   In this example the addresses are using global data strings which have been preconfigured with the administrators address and the address for the System alerts. Similarly event data has been used in the body of the email to display the details of an application request from a particular IP address.

7. Click OK to return to the Specify Event processing dialog, where the Send Mail processor will be listed.
8. If there is more then one event processor configured to respond to the event, then you can use the arrows to define the order that the configured event processors will be actioned whenever the event takes place. When there is more then one event processor configured, the order of processing is also displayed in the Event processing pane on the Events panel.