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On-demand E-mail Notification

To use on-demand e-mail notification, perform the following configuration tasks in Web Image Monitor.

  1. In the menu area, click [E-mail].

  2. Make the following settings:

    • E-mail Notification E-mail Address: Enter the address using alphanumeric characters.

    • Receive E-mail Notification: Specify whether to use on-demand e-mail notification.

    • E-mail Notification User Name: Enter the administrator's user name as the mail originator name.

    • E-mail Notification Password: Enter the password of the mail notification user.

  3. Click [OK].

  4. Click [Logout].

  5. Quit Web Image Monitor.

Format of on-demand e-mail messages

To use mail notification, you need to send an on-demand e-mail message to this machine.

Using your mail software, enter the following:

Item

Description

Subject (Referred to as Subject)

Enter a request regarding the device.For details, see the table below.

From (Referred to as From)

Specify a valid mail address. Thedevice information will be sent to the address specified here.

Note

  • A mail message must be within 1 MB in size.

  • E-mail may be incomplete if sent immediately after power on.

Subject field

Format: devicestatus?parameter-name=parameter[&=parameter][&=parameter]...

Note

  • The Subject field is case-insensitive.

  • Parameter names can be written in any order.

Subject field coding examples

Coding example

Action

devicestatus?request=sysconfig&format=text&lang=en

The device's system configurationinformation will be sent in an English text format.

devicestatus?request=sysconfig

The device's system configurationinformation will be sent in a preset format and language.
Parameters

Parameter

Meaning

Default

request

Information to be obtained

Mandatory

format

Mail format

Mail will be sent in the format presetfor each mail address.

lang

Language for mail body

Mail will be sent in the languagepreset for each mail address.
Parameters specifying the information to be obtained

Information to be obtained

Parameter

System configuration information

sysconfig

Network configuration information

netconfig

Printer configuration information

prtconfig

Supplies information

supply

Device status information

status
Parameters specifying the mail format

Mail format

Parameter

Text

text

HTML

html

XML

xml

Note

  • HTML and XML can be seleceted for subject field, but output is text only.

Parameters that specify the language for mail bodies

Language

Parameter

Japanese

ja

English

en