Options dialog - E-mail notification tab
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To access the Options dialog, use the Tools menu / Options… function, or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+F10.

The settings on the E-mail notification tab apply to all e-mail notifications sent.
Note: The e-mail "To" field is specified in the individual Server Sets - see the Server Set Properties dialog - Notification tab.


Figure 1: E-mail notification tab.

SMTP Server
Specify the SMTP server domain name or IP address that you wish Simple Failover to send e-mail notifications through.

Port
Specify the TCP port number of the SMTP server.
The default port used by most SMTP servers is 25. Enter the port number used by your system.

SMTP server requires authentication
To block spam and viruses, many e-mail servers require authentication for outgoing e-mail.
Check this option and enter your User ID and Password as required by the SMTP server.
Make sure to use the Send test e-mail button to ensure that Simple Failover can successfully authenticate before relying on this feature.

From e-mail
Enter the e-mail address that will appear as the From address in all e-mail notifications.
You may wish to use a unique e-mail address for this to allow recipients to create special processing rules for this in their e-mail client software.

Always BCC
Enter an e-mail address to receive a copy of all e-mail notifications.
The main recipient of the e-mail will not see this BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) e-mail address.

Subject
Enter the subject text that will appear in all e-mail notification messages.
You may wish to use a unique subject text to allow recipients to create special processing rules for this in their e-mail client software.
Place an $ERR$ tag anywhere in this text, and this will be replaced by the error notification text produced by Simple Failover in actual notification e-mails.

Message
Enter the message body text that will appear in all e-mail notification messages.
Place an $ERR$ tag anywhere in this text, and this will be replaced by the error notification text produced by Simple Failover in actual notification e-mails.

Send test e-mail button
Click this button to test the settings above.
A test e-mail where the $ERR$ are replaced with <<TEST-PROBLEM>> will be sent.
For trouble-shooting purposes, the actual communication with the SMTP server will be displayed in a new window:


Figure 2: Communicating with the SMTP server while sending a test e-mail.