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Defining email notification

The CES email notification option allows automated email messages to be sent to users when profiles have been downloaded. To achieve this, you must first set up the email server and sender addresses to values appropriate for your site.

On the Email tab, when you enable email communication, the SMTP and SMTPS tabs are visible.

SMTP: You can use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send email notifications. 

SMTPS: You can use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Secure (SMTPS) to send email notifications securely. 

Warning

After you upgrade CES to 24.02.01, the Enable email communication setting is disabled automatically. If you enabled it earlier, enable it again after the upgrade. 

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SMTP

SMTPS

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The following table lists fields that are displayed on each tab:

Field

Description

SMTP

SMTPS

SMTP server address

SMTPS server address

Specify the server address. Contact your email administrator for the name or IP address of your email server. The length of this field is limited to a maximum of 255 characters.

SMTP server port

SMTPS server port

  • Port number for SMTP: 587
  • Port number for SMTPS: 465

Encryption

Not applicable

To apply TLS encryption for email notifications, click StartTLS.

Transport Layer Security (TLS) encrypts data that is transmitted between a server and a client. 

From email address

Specify the sender's address that must appear on all email messages, which are sent when the email server receives a profile. Use a valid SMTP or SMTPS format address that is associated with a mailbox that you monitor. You may want to have a mailbox setup specifically for iStrobe. This email receives all non-deliverable notifications and any other exceptions that may occur when an e-mail is sent. The length of this field is limited to a maximum of 255 characters.

Reply to email address

Specify the email address to which users can reply after receiving an email notification.

Authentication

If you enable server authentication, you are prompted to enter the credentials of From email address. 

Host type

Select the required Host type.

  • If you select Default, CES installs with a Default host name that is used for generating links in emails that are sent from other BMC AMI Products for Web applications. If you do not want the Default host name, you can choose to configure a Custom host name.
  • If you select Custom, enter the Custom host name for generating links within the email that point to  Strobe reports.
    You can configure the email server to automatically include the CES port number by clicking Use CES port number. If you turn off this toggle key, you need to manually enter the host name and port number, in the format <CustomHost>:<port>.
    When you turn off Use CES port number, the following scenarios are applicable:
    • Custom host name with http protocol:
      • If you enter the custom host name with the protocol as http, it is used as is.
      • If you enter the custom host name without a protocol, the default protocol http is used.
    • Custom host name with https protocol:
      • If you enter the custom host name without a protocol, but with the default secure port (443), then the protocol defaults to https.
      • If the secure port number is a number other than the default secure port, then you must enter the name with protocol https and a secure port number. 

Test email settings

Click Test email settings to send a test email to an email address that you specify.

Apply

Click Apply to save the changes.

Warning

Important

Refer to your 

Strobe

 documentation to set up email notifications using 

Strobe

’s SMTP E-mail Notification Address field on the 

iStrobe

 Performance Profile Options panel.

 

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