How do I send log messages to admin@switch.com with account aaaa@netgear.com using CLI commands on my managed switch?

Configure an SMTP server, for example, smtp.netgear.com. Before you configure the smtp server, you need to have an account on SMTP server.

(Netgear Switch) (Config)#mail-server "smtp.netgear.com" port 465 (Netgear Switch) (Mail-Server)#security tlsv1 (Netgear Switch) (Mail-Server)# username aaaa (Netgear Switch) (Mail-Server)# password xxxxxx (Netgear Switch) (Mail-Server)#exit
Configure logging mail. From-addr is the source address of email and to-addr is the destination address of email.

(Netgear Switch) (Config)#logging email (Netgear Switch) (Config)#logging email from-addr aaaa@netgear.com (Netgear Switch) (Config)#logging email message-type urgent to-addr admin@switch.com (Netgear Switch) (Config)#logging email message-type non-urgent to-addr admin@switch.com
Increase the severity of traps to 3 (error). By default, it is 6 (infor).

(Netgear Switch) (Config)#logging traps 3

For more information, see the following support articles:

This article applies to the following managed switches and their respective firmware:

Last Updated:07/07/2025 | Article ID: 21876