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JB-ITGroupNW's avatar
14 years ago

SMTP Email notifications on a non-standard SMTP port

My ISP recently blocked all SMTP traffic on port 25, so I no longer receive my BESR reports via e-mail. I need to change Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 to use SMTP port 587, but this is not an opti...
  • Andreas_Horlach's avatar
    14 years ago

    I see what you mean now.

    Try this:

    • Stop the BESR service in the services concole.
    • Edit (with notepad or otherwise) the following file, making sure to create a backup copy just in case you need to back out: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Backup Exec System Recovery\Backup Exec System Recovery.notify.xml
    • Change the port setting in "E-Mail" from 25 to 587.
    • Save the changes, making sure the extension XML remains.
    • Start the BESR service.