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 <h1 class="topictitle1">Configure email alerts</h1>

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  <div class="section" id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__context_1D0B3F7DF61043D8B3439C93CBC05C31"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__context_1D0B3F7DF61043D8B3439C93CBC05C31"><!-- --></a><p id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__paragraph_1"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__paragraph_1"><!-- --></a><span class="keyword">Sophos Anti-Virus</span> can send an email if it detects a threat or a serious error occurs. This
    applies to on-access scanning, user-initiated scans, custom scans, and Finder item scans. By
    default, email alerts are disabled.</p>
<p> To configure email alerts:</p>
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  <a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__steps_27B9204B37774562B6493E7C3569BF02"><!-- --></a><ol id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__steps_27B9204B37774562B6493E7C3569BF02">
   <li class="stepexpand" id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_E61A5DD4C8224DDB8AD4DDC19BA74D92"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_E61A5DD4C8224DDB8AD4DDC19BA74D92"><!-- --></a><span>Choose <span class="menucascade">
      <span class="uicontrol">Sophos Anti-Virus</span>
       &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Preferences</span>
     </span>.</span></li>

   <li class="stepexpand" id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_81F97BE6DE164D23B37F77718EDBD896"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_81F97BE6DE164D23B37F77718EDBD896"><!-- --></a>
    <span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Messaging</span>.</span>
   </li>

   <li class="stepexpand" id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_9AE8B78CBBC74AFD89243E5D05DA6E76"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_9AE8B78CBBC74AFD89243E5D05DA6E76"><!-- --></a><span>If some settings are dimmed, click the lock icon and type an administrator name and password.</span></li>

   <li class="stepexpand" id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_CE955F26D3FF42AEB50CB7C223E3005A"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_CE955F26D3FF42AEB50CB7C223E3005A"><!-- --></a>
    <span>Select “<span class="uicontrol">Send an email alert when a threat is detected or an error
      occurs</span>”.</span>
   </li>

   <li class="stepexpand" id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_24FE9ED6F3B14CA4973BDF4DC79BCBD7"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__step_24FE9ED6F3B14CA4973BDF4DC79BCBD7"><!-- --></a>
    <span>Change the preferences as follows:</span>
    <a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choices_2C89175B22604145B88D6C3EE0A4769C"><!-- --></a><ul id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choices_2C89175B22604145B88D6C3EE0A4769C">
     <li id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_18AEB514ECFB4C7186ECD61AEE0F6B00"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_18AEB514ECFB4C7186ECD61AEE0F6B00"><!-- --></a>To enable <span class="keyword" id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__keyword_cf_12143894488530"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__keyword_cf_12143894488530"><!-- --></a>Sophos Anti-Virus</span> to send an email alert only if it detects a threat, select
       <span class="uicontrol">Threats</span>.</li>

     <li id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_3D3C53291CD34FDFB83A0F5040B9CE42"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_3D3C53291CD34FDFB83A0F5040B9CE42"><!-- --></a>To enable <span class="keyword">Sophos Anti-Virus</span> to send an email alert if it detects a threat or a serious error occurs,
      select “<span class="uicontrol">Threats and errors</span>”.</li>

     <li id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_A7235ADAF0AD4EE4B036491984CE7286"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_A7235ADAF0AD4EE4B036491984CE7286"><!-- --></a>To specify the email address <em>to</em>
      which email alerts should be sent, type the address in the <span class="uicontrol">Recipient</span>
      field.</li>

     <li id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_7C8585ACCD664A279A12AA83E2A9EC24"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_7C8585ACCD664A279A12AA83E2A9EC24"><!-- --></a>To specify the address of the email server
      from which email alerts should be sent, type the address in the <span class="uicontrol">Outgoing Email
       Server</span> field.</li>

     <li id="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_DC2204DE5B1A4B1D9A71DE2885671186"><a name="task_7B7E323589D94539BBE39CF523425C4F__choice_DC2204DE5B1A4B1D9A71DE2885671186"><!-- --></a>To specify the email address <em>from</em>
      which email alerts should be sent, type the address in the <span class="uicontrol">Sender</span>
      field.</li>

    </ul>

     <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> You can use more than one email address, by separating addresses with commas.</div>

   </li>

  </ol>

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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../concepts/Scanning_for_threats.html" title="">Scanning for threats</a></div>
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