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When certain system events occur, your ReadyNAS storage system sends alerts to email addresses that you specify. For more information about when email alerts are sent, see How can I manage the alert event settings on my ReadyNAS OS 6 storage system?

By entering your email account information, you authorize your ReadyNAS storage system to send email alerts from that account.

Note: Your ReadyNAS system cannot send email alerts until you configure an email account to receive alerts and an email account from which to send alerts. Configuration is easier if the account that you send emails from is also one of the email alert contacts.

A screenshot of the alerts panel in the ReadyNAS OS 6 management interface. No email options are configured yet.

To add a user for receiving alerts:

  1. Log in to your ReadyNAS system.
  2. On the Admin Page, select System > Settings > Alerts.
  3. Click the + button on the right side of the screen.
    The Add Alert Contact window appears.
  4. In the Email field, enter an email address to send the alert to.
    Note: When you add your first email alert contact, that email address is used to complete the fields at the bottom of the page for the email account to send alerts from.
  5. Click Add.
  6. If you already configured an email account to send alerts from, click Send Test Message And Apply to finalize your changes.
    Otherwise, see To configure an email account to send alerts.

To configure an email account to send alerts:

  1. Log in to your ReadyNAS storage system.
  2. Make sure that the email account from which you wish to send alerts is already added as an alert contact. If it is not, see To add a user for receiving alerts.
  3. Configure the options as explained in the following list:
    • Email Account Provider.
      If the email account provider for the email address you added as an alert contact is Yahoo, AOL, or Gmail, the Advanced Options fields are completed automatically. Otherwise, this field defaults to Custom and you must manually complete the Advanced Options fields.
      If you need to change your email account provider:
      1. Select Reset from the drop-down menu.
      2. If you wish to send email from an existing alert contact address, click that alert contact to fill out the sender information automatically.
        Otherwise, select Custom and enter the new account information.
    • User.
      If this field is not already completed, enter the email address from which you wish to send alerts. This information is required only if the SMTP server requires authentication.
    • Password.
      Enter the password that is associated with your email account. This information is required only if the SMTP server requires authentication.
    • SMTP Server.
      Enter the address of the outgoing SMTP server.
    • SMTP Port.
      Enter the port number for the outgoing SMTP server.
    • From.
      Enter a valid email address that identifies the sender of the email alert.
    • Use TLS.
      (Optional) Select this check box to encrypt email using Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.
    • Click Send Test Message And Apply to finalize your changes.

    To stop a user from receiving alerts:

    1. On the Admin Page of your ReadyNAS storage system, select System > Settings > Alerts.
    2. Select a user that you want to remove.
    3. Click the - button.
    4. Click Send Test Message And Apply to finalize your changes.
Last Updated:07/07/2025 | Article ID: 23066

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