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Email Notification Policies

Email notifications inform CA Identity Manager users of tasks and events in the system. For example, CA Identity Manager can send an email to approvers when an event or task requires an approval.

CA Identity Manager r12.5 SP1 provides two methods for creating email notifications:

• Email Templates (existing functionality)

  Administrators create email notifications using default templates installed with CA Identity Manager. To customize those templates, administrators use the Email Template API.

• Email Notification Policies (new functionality)

  CA Identity Manager r12.5 SP1 includes an additional method that allows business users to create, view, modify, and delete email notifications by using Email Management tasks in the User Console. These users do not need to know any code to configure email notifications.

  Administrators can define the content of an email, when it is sent, and who receives it. The content of the email can contain dynamic information, such as the current date or event information, which CA Identity Manager populates when the email is sent. For example, you can configure an email notification that is sent to an approver when a new user is created. The email can contain login information, date of hire, and manager.

  Email notification policies are Policy Xpress policies; however, you create and manage these email notification policies using a separate set of tasks in the User Console.

  Note: For more information about email notification policies, see the Administration Guide.