The following information is useful when setting up sending E-Mails via SMTP from a client account. RequirementsYou will need the following settings: - The E-Mail address from which mails from the portal should be sent
- The user name for logging into this email account
- Password for the account
- SMTP Server, but this can also be determined below
Determine SMTP ServerIf you do not know the SMTP Server, then you can find this information using nslookup in a windows shell. Start nslookup. Change to a public DNS server with the following command: Set the type of query to MX: Search for the server, by entering the domain name: The answer should be the DNS name of the mail server. Settings Client Master Data
The most important settings are: Setting | Value |
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E-Mail Sender | The E-Mail address of the account which should be used to send mails. | E-Mail Server | Usually, the following setting should suffice: Translations Ignore |
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smtps:dns-name-of-mailserver |
If SMTPS or Start-TLS is not supported by the mailserver, then use the DNS name of the mailserver without the smtps: prefix. | E-Mail User | Enter the name of the user used to login to the email account. | E-Mail Password | Set the email account password here. |
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