Using Notification Services › Configuring the Email Feature

Configuring the Email Feature

You can use the Notification Server to initiate email notifications by submitting send mail requests to a mail server, provided Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) over TCP/IP connectivity between the Notification Server and the mail server can be established. To configure Notification Server for email notification, you must specify the hostname for the mail server and the TCP/IP port number the mail server is listening on. If an authentication mechanism is in operation, you must also configure associated settings before the Notification Server can successfully establish an SMTP connection with the mail server.

If the Notification Server fails to successfully submit a send mail request, the Notification Server can be configured to resubmit send mail requests to the next mail server on a predefined list of available mail servers.

To configure the email feature of the Notification server

1. From the Configuration Manager main window, choose Expert Interface, Notification Services, Email.

   The Email Settings dialog displays.

2. Select the Enable Mail Functions check box.
3. Create a list of mail servers with which the Notificatio Server can establish connections.
4. Add a server to the list of mail servers:
   1. Click Add.

      The Enter new server name dialog displays.

   2. Enter a server name. Click OK.
   3. Enter the host name for the SMTP mail server.
   4. Enter the port number on which the SMTP mail server is listening for mail requests.
5. Repeat step 4 to add more servers.
6. Prioritize the mail servers.

   The order in which the mail server names appear in the list is the order in which the Notification Server attempts to submit a mail request. The Notification Server first submits mail requests to the mail server at the top of the list. To assign priority, select a mail server in the list and click the up and down arrow buttons to position it in the list according to priority.

7. Enter a valid email address in the AP From mail address field. This address is the email address that displays in the From: section of an email message sent successfully by Notification Server.
8. Optionally, you can set the Server List retry value from 0 – 10.

When the following messages appear in the CA Automation Point Notification Services Console window, the notification server is ready to submit mail requests:

VOX5660I  Mail handler is active.