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SMTP

Setup and configuration of a mail server

The SMTP settings are used to configure a mail server for the solution. SMTP

SMTP server settings

The SMTP server settings section are used to configure the SMTP server provider:

Setting Use Notes
Server Hostname of SMTP server You can add more than one server using ; as a separator, e.g. smtp.mydomain.com;smtp2.mydomain.com
Secure SMTP (TLS) Enables TLS/SMTPS communication with SMTP server and changes default port to 587
Username Username for authentication on the SMTP server
Password Password for authentication on the SMTP server

Advanced

The Advanced section has settings used for tweaking the SMTP behavior:

Setting Use Notes
Port Overwrite the default ports used for SMTP communication Default is port 25 (non TLS) and 587 (TLS). Alternative TLS port can be 2525
Do not use SMTP pickup directory (Deprecated) In older IIS setups, emails can be saved to disk and be picked up by IIS SMTP server and sent later This setting is deprecated on DW10
Save email to disk Saves a copy of the emails sent to disk for debugging The file structure is /Files/System/Log/EmailHandler/*.eml

Test

The Test section contains settings used during testing:

Setting Use Notes
Test mode When enabled all emails will be forwarded to the test recipient email Use this to test emails and the flow before going live
Test recipient email Email address to forward all mails to when test mode is enabled e.g. webmaster@domain.com If this field is empty and test mode is enabled, no mails will be sent
Test mail from email Email address to use as mail from when test mode is enabled e.g. noreply@domain.com If not specified, the test recipient email is used as a sender as well
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