Settings
The JobServer.NET Service operates in an invisible fashion if you do not actively have the Manager application open and are sitting and watching it. Of course, this is exactly what it should be doing most of the time. But on the occasions when something happens or a problem is detected, it can notify you or your team about any of these detected issues. It does this by sending a notification. Notifications can go to one or more team members via email and the Notification Settings option is how you configure this.
To configure email notifications, you will need the connection information for your network's SMTP email server. The connection information options are described here to help guide you. Once you have entered the correct details, you can use the Test button on the settings form to send a test notification from JobServer.NET. Keep in mind that the test feature sends the notification email immediately, but depending on your email configuration, it might take some time for it to arrive. It is not unusual for externally hosted email services to take a couple minutes to show new messages in your inbox.
If you have any trouble with your notification settings, see the online guide at https://kb.jobserver.net/Q100002 for a guide on configuring SMTP connections.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| SMTP Server | The fully qualified URL to your email server. If you need to specify a port different from the default port, you can specify it by adding a colon and the desired port number after the URL. Examples: smtp.example.com, smtp.example.com:2525 |
| Username | If the above email server requires authentication, then the username for the account should be specified here. Note that many times these account names will look like or are the same as the sending email address, but this is not always true. Example: user@example.com |
| Password | If the email server requires authentication, then this will be the password for the account specified with the username setting. |
| Use Secure Transport | If the email server requires or allows encrypted communications, this option should be checked to turn on the encryption option. Most modern email servers support this and we highly recommend using encryption if it is available. Many mail servers are starting to require all connections to be encrypted. |
| Send As | The email address of the account that the email sent by JobServer.NET appears to come from. Some email servers may require this to be a valid email address. Otherwise, a common option here is to put a non-existent address so if someone accidently replies to it, they will get a bounced message right away. Note: this should always just be a single email address. Examples: noreply@example.com, support@example.com |
| Deliver To | The email addresses of the accounts that should receive notification messages. If your email server supports group addresses and you have one defined for the role, then we highly recommend putting just the defined group address here. Otherwise, you can specify any number of recipients for notifications by simply separating email addresses with a comma. Examples: admin@example.com, jean@example.com, joe@example.com, itsupport@example.com |