Technical Tip: Alert mail Interval Setting

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Description
This article describes the procedure to configure alert email interval setting.

Solution
Alert email messages provide an efficient and direct method of notifying an administrator of events.
By configuring alert messages, this define the threshold when a problem becomes critical and needs attention.
When this threshold is reached, the FortiGate unit will send an email to one or more individuals, notifying them of the issue.

At times, there would be lots of events generated and email for the events would be sent to the email address configured.
To control the frequency of the alert email, the configuration of alert email interval is necessary.

This is only possible through CLI with below command:

#config system email-server
set port 25
set server smtp.example.com
set authenticate enable
set username FortiGate
set password *************
end

#config alertemail setting
set username fortigate@example.com
set mailto1 admin1@example.com
set mailto2 admin2@example.com
set filter category
        set IPS-logs enable
        set alert-interval {integer} , Enter an integer value from <1> to <99999> (default = <2>)
      end