Send Email Notifications in Plain Text

Not all emails clients can handle emails in rich text or HTML format.

To accommodate such clients, you can configure the Security GatewayClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources. to send email notification in plain text without images, in addition to the HTML format. The user's email client decides which format to show.

  1. Connect to the command line to the Security Gateway / each Cluster MemberClosed Security Gateway that is part of a cluster..

  2. Log in to the Expert mode.

  3. Back up the configuration file:

    cp -v $FWDIR/conf/usrchkd.conf{,_BKP}

  4. Edit the configuration file:

    vi $FWDIR/conf/usrchkd.conf

  5. Change the value of the applicable parameter:

    from

    :send_emails_with_no_images (false)

    to

    :send_emails_with_no_images (true)

  6. Save the changes in the file and exit the editor.

  7. Kill the userchkd process to load the new configuration:

    killall userchkd

    The Security Gateway automatically restarts this process.