Configuring security options on a remote server

Encryption and SMTP security can be configured for remote servers.

To enable security options on a remote server

Messaging > Message Network Configuration

  1. In the Remote Server Maintenance tree, select the remote server that you want to modify.

  2. Ensure that VPIM is selected in the Network Protocol box.

  3. In the VPIM Security section, configure the following:

    1. SSL port number: If encryption will be used, type the port number designated as the Secure Socket Layer port on the remote messaging server. Default: 465
      Note/Tip  When the SSL port is specified, and if the Connect to server with SSL for Outgoing SMTP Sessions option is enabled in Message Delivery Configuration, CallPilot attempts to establish an encrypted connection with this port when connecting to this remote server.

    2. Server password: Type the SMTP authentication password that the remote server must send when the local CallPilot server requests SMTP authentication. Maximum length: 30 alphanumeric characters

    3. Failed attempts from this server: This box displays the number of failed SMTP authentication attempts that have occurred to date. If this value reaches the maximum number of failures defined on the local server (specified in the System Maximum box, below), CallPilot will disable incoming VPIM message transmissions from this remote server, if configured.
      Note/Tip  After you resolve the cause of SMTP authentication failures from the remote server, click Reset Count to set the counter back to 0.

    4. System Maximum: This box displays the maximum number of SMTP authentication failures that the local server will tolerate from this server.

    5. Receive messages from this server: Choose Enabled from the list box to allow the local server to receive messages from this remote server.

  1. Click Save.