You can send email notifications, which can optionally include file attachments, directly from Analytics. This functionality is primarily used in scripts to notify users when processing has completed, or an error occurs.
You can also send messages from Analytics if you know the required information about your mail server configuration and the mail server security configuration does not prevent it.
Note
The email notification feature can be used with any mail server that supports SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), which is used by Microsoft Exchange and many other mail servers. Email notification uses port 25, so this port must be open on the mail server or the command fails.
If email notification fails with an error message, contact your IT department to find out if port 25 is blocked on your network.
- Select Tools > Notify by Email.
- Complete the following information:
- Sender – Enter the email address to send the message from.
- Password – Enter the email account password.
- Mailbox Path – Enter the hostname
or IP address of your SMTP mail server.
If you are using a local mail system, enter the path to a local mailbox or click Browse to open the Browse for Folder dialog box.
- To – Enter the email addresses
of recipients. Separate the names and addresses of multiple recipients
with commas.
Note
Enter a maximum of 1020 characters.
- Cc – Optional. Enter the email
addresses of “carbon copy” recipients. Separate the names and addresses
of multiple recipients with commas.
Note
Enter a maximum of 1000 characters.
- Bcc – Optional. Enter the email addresses of “blind carbon copy” recipients. Separate the names and addresses of multiple recipients with commas.
- Subject – Enter the text of the subject line.
- Text – Enter the text of the message.
- Attachment – If you want to include an attachment, specify the path and filename of the file, or click Browse to open the Select File dialog box.
- Click OK.
