System: Notification Settings

How to get there: Admin | System | System Settings | Notification Settings

This screen enables you to configure Timegate Web with your SMTP mail server settings, enabling Timegate Web to send and receive emails (for example, sending and responding to requests in the Employee Portal)

Screen Layout and Fields

inset_001862.jpg

Mail Server Name

The host name or IP address of the mail server

Username

The unique Username used to access the email account

Password

Password associated with the Username

Port

SMTP (Email server) port number for example 465

Sender Address

The Email address that recipients will think emails have been sent from. ensure that the Sender Address entered adheres to best practice and is one from your email system as emails sent may be blocked as spam. By default this has been set as Timegate Web. It must be replaced with a valid email address for the system to work (The portal notifications, scheduled reports and SOS alerts are all dependent on this when sent using the system)

Screen Actions

HTML

Select if the email body text is to be sent in HTML format rather than just text

Refresh

Select to revert to the unsaved state

Save

Select to save any setting changes