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Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 3.1
213 Chapter 16: Perform Advanced Management Tasks
5 Enter the email address that will receive the notification mails in the Primary email or the Secondary email
field.
6 Click Send a test email to see if your email settings are set up properly.
If you want to add a subject prefix in front of the notification mail subject, enter it in the Subject prefix field. The
prefix helps you identify which DiskStation the notification mail was sent from.
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About SMTP server's domain name:
The SMTP server can be an IP address or a domain name. If it is a domain name, please make sure a valid
DNS server IP has been entered at Main Menu > Control Panel > Network, and make sure the server is on
the Internet.
Receive SMS Notification
Click the SMS tab in the main section to set up SMS notification.
Notification events include:
Volume has crashed. (Including internal volume, expansion unit, or system volume)
Volume has degraded. (Including internal volume, expansion unit, or system volume)
The expansion unit no longer exists.
Internal disk has crashed.
DDNS registration failed.
UPS has been disconnected.
The internal or expansion unit fan has stopped.
The system has shut down due to overheating.
To set up SMS notification:
1 Tick Enable SMS notifications.
2 Select a SMS provider from the SMS service provider drop down list. The default service provider is
"clickatell".
3 Click Add to create a new SMS provider configuration or click Delete to delete the selected SMS provider
configuration.
4 In the Username field, enter the username of your SMS service account.
5 In the Password and Confirm password field, enter and confirm the password of your SMS service account.
6 Enter your Primary phone number or Secondary phone number. If both numbers are entered, SMS
notification messages will be sent to both numbers.
7 If you do not wish to receive too many messages, tick Enable SMS interval limit and limit the number of
notification messages to one message per the time interval you specified.
8 Click Send a test SMS message to send a test SMS message to the phone number you specified. If no
message is received, it means the configuration is incorrect.
9 Click OK to save the configuration, or click Cancel to cancel the setup.
Note: Fees might apply to send SMS messages. Contact your local SMS service provider for more information.
To create a SMS provider configuration:
1 Click Add.
2 In the Provider name field, enter the name of your SMS service provider.
3 In SMS URL field, enter a SMS URL with the message content set to "Hello world." You can obtain the SMS
URL from your SMS service provider.
4 Click Next.
5 The system will break down the SMS URL into several parameters. Define each parameter by selecting the
corresponding category. Each parameter category can be used only once except Other.