Configuring outbound email notification messages
Use the Administration Console to configure outbound email notification messages.
Procedure
- Open the Administration Console. Select Store on the Administration Console Site/Store Selection page.
- Click Change Message Transport Assignment is displayed when you are changing an existing message type. If you are creating a new message, type the New Message Transport Assignment is displayed. . The
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From the Message Type list, click the message that you want to change
from the list of available message types. If the message is not listed there, click the
New button to create it; in that case, select E-mail
as the Transport, and Standard Device Format as Device format.
The Change Message Transport Assignment is displayed.
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Click Next. The Message Transport Assignment parameter page is
displayed.
Option Description Host Type the fully qualified name of your mail server. Protocol Type smtp
.Port Type the port number of the host. For example, 25. Send Partial - true
- Send an email to valid addresses in the Recipient field, even if there are invalid addresses in the same field.
- false
- Send the email only if all addresses are valid.
Retry Duration The duration (in hours) within which the server can try to reconnect to an SMTP host when the server is down. User Name Type the user name to log on to the SMTP server. Note: Once the user name is specified, the secure connection to the SMTP server is required.Password Type the assigned password to authenticate SMTP server usage. Recipient Specify a default recipient. If multiple recipients are specified, separate recipient names with commas. The recipient name is replaced by the customer email address at runtime. Sender Specify the sender of the message. This text appears in the Sender field of the email message. Subject Specify the subject of the message. This text appears in the Subject field of the email message. You can specify one subject per locale. CC Type the email addresses that you want copies of the message sent to. BCC Type the email addresses that you want private copies of the message sent to. Reply To Type the email address all replies should be sent to. Content-Type Specify text/plain or text/html. - Click Finish.
What to do next
- For some message types, such as
An Invoice Message
you must provide an email address for the store contact information. - Ensure that your SMTP server timeout, No Operation (NOOP) messages, and SMTP connection pool properties are all correctly configured.