Version (v1.3) of Settings - Configuration - E-mail
- Pavel Novák
On the E-mail settings screen it is possible to set the parameters affecting the sending of e-mails. The following parameters are available:
SMTP server address
IP or DNS address of the SMTP server to be used for sending out e-mails.
SMTP server port
TCP port of the SMTP server, which the application should when sending out e-mails.
Username for SMTP authentication
Username used for authenticating to the SMTP server. If the SMTP server does not require authentication, leave the field empty.
Password for SMTP authentication
Password used for authenticating to the SMTP server. If the SMTP server does not require authentication, leave the field empty.
Transport security
The way of securing the communication with the SMTP serveru. One of the following must be selected:
none - communication will not be encrypted
SSL - an SSL secured connection is established first and all communication is done through it
STARTTLS - the communication begins unencrypted, but before sending the e-mail the encryption is started using the starttls command
Notification sender address
E-mail address, which will be used as the sender of all messages.
Subject prefix
The prefix, which will be prepended before the subject of all sent messages. The prefix will be enclosed in square brackets, so for example the prefix “SOFiE” will appear as “[SOFiE]“ in the subject of the messages.
Time zone
The time zone, which will be used for time in sent messages. The value must conform to the time zone names specified in “IANA Time Zone Database”. The list of available values can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones. Depending on the operating system, not all values may be supported.
E-mail test
Recipient of test message
After filling up the recipient of the test message and clicking the Send test message button bellow, a test e-mail message is sent using the saved settings above.
If everything works, en e-mail message similar to the one below should arrive in recipient’s mailbox:
The setting screen looks like this:
