The Email Communications system settings link links FlexDeploy to your email server to enable outbound event notifications, and optional inbound reply processing for approval responses.
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| SMTP Host Name | Host name of the SMTP server for event notifications. |
| SMTP Host Port | Host port of the SMTP server for event notifications. |
| SMTP User | SMTP Authentication user |
| SMTP Password | The SMTP User's password |
| SMTP From Address | Address from which all outbound emails are sent |
| SMTP Enable STARTTLS | Enables the use of the STARTTLS command (if supported by the server) to switch the connection to a TLS-protected connection before issuing any login commands. Reference - https://kunder.support/knowledgebase/400/SSL-vs-TLS-vs-STARTTLS.html |
| Enable Email Approval | Enable approvals by email reply. Requires IMAP host name/port and user/password |
| IMAP Host Name | Host name of the IMAP server for inbound email processing. Required if email approvals are enabled. |
| IMAP Host Port | Host port of the IMAP server for inbound email processing. Required if email approvals are enabled. |
Identifies if the communication channel requires Transport Layer Security (TLS).
Password for the SMTP/IMAP server user authentication.
Enable users to reply with response for approval event notifications.
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| IMAP User | IMAP Authentication user. Defaults to the SMTP User. | |||||
| IMAP Password | The IMAP User's Password. Defaults to the SMTP Password. | |||||
| IMAP Enable STARTTLS | Enables the use of the STARTTLS command (if supported by the server) to switch the connection to a TLS-protected connection before issuing any login commands. Reference - https://kunder.support/knowledgebase/400/SSL-vs-TLS-vs-STARTTLS.html | |||||
| Email Reply Folder | The email folder to process replies from. Defaults to INBOX if not specified. All inbound emails will be sent to default inbox folder, but rules can generally be configured on mail servers to move them to other folders if desired.
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| Approval Reply Address | Return address for approval replies. Defaults to the SMTP From Address.
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| Email Reply Process Interval | Frequency in which FlexDeploy processes inbound messages from the Email |
| . Required if email approvals are enabled. Default value is 5 minutes |
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| Email Reply Process Count | Number of email messages which are read and processed each interval. The limit prevents Spam or DoS attacks from impacting the performance of the FlexDeploy server. Required if email approvals are enabled. Default value is 30 messages. |
| Attach Logs | Whether or not to attach logs to the notification email for Request Completed and Request Failed events. If set to Never no logs will be attached (this is the default option). If set to Always all execution logs will be attached. If set to On Failure only the log(s) where the failure occurred will be attached. If only 1 log is present, just that log file will be attached it will be named "<InstanceName>_<StepNumber>_<StepName>_<EndPoint>(<PluginExecutionId>).log". If multiple are present they will be put into a zip folder and attached that way. The logs will be named "<StepNumber>_<StepName>_<EndPoint>(<PluginExecutionId>).log". The zip file will be named "<InstanceName>_logs.zip". |
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Once the configuration is complete, you can click test the configuration by clicking on the Send Test Email button to send a test email Configuration button. Don't know if we would actually want to display this, but just in case: Google's SMTP Server Settings: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en
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