1. Log on to the computer with a user account that is a member of the Administrators group on the Essentials 2007 Management Server.

2. In the Essentials 2007 console, click the Administration button.

   Note
   When you run the Essentials 2007 console on a computer that is not a Management Server, the Connect To Server dialog box displays. In the Server name text box, type the name of the Essentials 2007 Management Server.

3. In the Administration pane, click Settings. In the Settings pane, right-click Notification, and then click Properties.

4. Click the Email tab, and then select the Enable email notification check box.

   Note
   You can choose to enable a different type of notification channel, such as instant messaging, Short Messaging Service, or command by clicking on the tab by that name in the Notification properties dialog box.

5. In the SMTP servers area, click Add to display the Add SMTP server dialog box.

6. Type the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server, type the port number, select the authentication method, and then click OK.

7. Type the Return Address that should appear on e-mail notifications, and then in the Retry primary after list, select the number of minutes to wait before trying to resend a notification to the primary SMTP server.

8. In the Default email notification format area, specify the Email subject and Email message with wildcard parameters such as $Alert Source$ and $Alert Description$, and then specify the encoding type. You can click Placeholder for a full list of available variables.

9. Click OK to return to the Operations Console.

1. Log on to the computer with a user account that is a member of the Administrators group on the Essentials 2007 Management Server.

2. In the Essentials 2007 console, click the Administration button.

   Note
   When you run the Essentials 2007 console on a computer that is not a Management Server, the Connect To Server dialog box displays. In the Server name text box, type the name of the Essentials 2007 Management Server.

3. In the Administration pane, right-click Security, and then click Create Run As Account. Use the Create Run As Account wizard to create an account to use as the Notification Action Account, which is used to send the notifications.

   • On the General page, click to select Windows from the Run As Account type drop-down list, and then in Display name, type Notification Action Account.
     
     
   • On the Account page, type in the information for the User name password and domain of the user account that you are creating.
     
     

   Note
   For more information about the Create Run As Account wizard, see How to Create a Run As Account in System Center Essentials.

4. In the Administration pane, click Run As Profiles.

5. In the details pane, right-click Notification Account, and then click Properties.

6. In Run As Profile Properties, click the Run As Accounts tab.

7. Click New, expand the Run As Account list, and then click Notification Action Account.

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