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Notification Manager

Use Notification Manager to configure an external SMTP server so notifications can be sent from
CC-SG. Notifications are used to email reports that have been scheduled, email reports if users
are locked out, and to email status of failed or successful scheduled tasks. Please refer to

Task

Manager

, later in this chapter for additional information. After configuring the SMTP server, you

can elect to send a test email to the designated recipient and notify the recipient of the result of
the test.

To configure an external SMTP server:

1. On the Administration menu, click Notifications. The Notification Manager screen appears.

Figure 182 Notification Manager

2. Check the Enable SMTP Notification checkbox.
3. Type the SMTP host in the SMTP host field. For hostname rules, please refer to

Terminology/Acronyms in Chapter 1: Introduction.

4. Type a valid SMTP port number in the SMTP port field.
5. Type a valid account name that can be used to log in to the SMTP server in the Account

name field.

6. Type the account name’s password in the Password and Re-enter Password fields.
7. Type a valid email address that will identify messages from CC-SG in the From field.
8. Type the number of times emails should be re-sent should the send process fail in the

Sending retries field.

9. Type the number of minutes, from 1-60, that should elapse between sending retries in the

Sending retry interval (minutes) field.

10. Check Use SSL if you want emails to be sent securely using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
11. Click Test Configuration to send a test email to the SMTP account specified. You should

check to make sure that the email arrives.

12. Click Update Configuration to save your changes.

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