Set Up Email Notifications

If you plan to allow scheduled report delivery to email addresses, you must set up email notifications.

1. Go to the SETTINGS module and select the System tab.
2. Click Notifications.
3. Select the Enable Email Notifications checkbox.
4. Enter the following information:
   • Host Name: Host name or IP address of the SMTP server. This is the server that will deliver the outgoing email messages. For example: smtptest.ipswitch.com or 192.168.1.1.
   • Port:
   • Enable Authentication: This checkbox must be selected to allow email notifications.
   • Username and Password: The login credentials for the SMTP server.
   • Enable STARTTLS: If selected, and a socket factory has not been specified, the use of a MailSSLSocketFactory is enabled.

     Provide the following information:

     • Hosts to trust for SSL connection: The host name or IP address. Wildcards are accepted ("*" will trust all hosts). Enter multiple hosts separated by spaces.
     • Socket connection timeout in milliseconds: Default is 10,000.
     • Socket I/O timeout in milliseconds: Default is 30,000.
   • Enable HTML email (optional): Sends email notifications in HTML format. If not selected, email is sent in plain text.
   • From email address: An email address from which notifications will be sent.

     Note: Supported email clients: Gmail, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail.

5. Click Save.

   To return to the original default Notification settings, click Reset.

   View sample emails.