Switch preferences: Mail send

These preferences allow you to configure the settings for the Mail send tool. If you do not configure them, you will not be able to send e-mail notifications. You can check if the settings are configured appropriately by clicking the Test connection button at the bottom of the dialog.

Property	Description
SMTP server address	The URL or IP address of the SMTP email relay server. Example: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP port	The port used by the SMTP server.
SMTP server requires authentication	Defines whether the SMTP server requires authentication. If set to Yes, following additional fields appear: User name: The login name for the SMTP server. Example: user@gmail.com Leave empty if none is required. Password: The password for the SMTP server. Leave empty if none is required. Use secure password verification: Defines whether or not to use secure password verification. The following secure authentication schemes are supported: USER_PASSWORD NTLM CRAM-MD5 KERBEROS
Encrypt connection	Defines whether or not the mail server requires an encrypted connection (TLS1, 1.1, 1.2). Options: Yes/No.
Sender name in emails	The sender's name for outgoing email messages.
Sender email address	The sender's address for outgoing email messages.

Note: The sender name and email address are used in the _From _SMTP header that is normally shown by email client applications as 'From' field of an email. If the 'Reply to' field of an email is not defined, the content of the 'From' field is used to send a reply.

Example: The screenshot below is an example of the Mail send preferences required for sending e-mails using Gmail.