Security Compliance

Change the email server used by SEM

This article describes how to change the SMTP server address on your SEM appliance.

First published date

10/8/2018 7:56 PM

Last published date

4/22/2022 1:31 PM

Overview

This article describes how to change the SMTP server address on your Security Event Manager (formerly Log & Event Manager) appliance.

Product section

Security Event Manager

Resolution

SEM Flash console

  1. Log in to your SEM appliance.
  2. On the SEM toolbar, navigate to Manage > Appliances.
  3. Next to your SEM manager, click the gear icon, and then select Connectors.
  4. In the Refine Results pane, enter Email Active Response in the search box.
  5. Next to the master tool on the right, click the gear icon, and then select Edit.
  6. On the Email Active Response tool form, change the Mail Host, and then click Save.
  7. Click the gear icon, and then select Start.
SEM HTML5 console (versions 6.6 and newer)
  1. In the SEM Events Console, navigate to Nodes > Manager Connectors.
  2. In the search box, enter Email Active Response.
  3. Under Configured connectors, select the Email Active Response connector, click Stop, and then click Edit.
  4. In the connector form, change the Mail Host, and then click Save.
  5. Under Configured connectors, select the connector, and then click Start.

The Status icon changes from grey to green, indicating that the connector is running.