CA PAM: About Account Name for email

Products

• CA Privileged Access Manager - Cloakware Password Authority (PA)
• CA Privileged Access Manager (PAM)

Issue/Introduction

We will see the following screen to set email configuration.

What is the purpose of the "Account Name" field?

Environment

CA PAM all versions

Resolution

If we use SMTP authentication, the "Account Name" field is used for the authentication.
However, if you don't use SMTP authentication, the "Account Name" field is not used at all.