A License Statistics administrator can configure email used for sending notifications to License Statistics users using the Email tab from the Administration page, as shown below. Individual License Statistics users can set their email address in Preferences, as described in section 6.12.6, Subscribing to email alerts.
To configure email for License Statistics notifications:
- Check the Enable Email Notifications checkbox to allow users to receive notifications. (Users must subscribe to notifications to receive them, as described in section 6.12.6, Subscribing to email alerts.)
- Enter your email server name in the Server Name field.
- Select the method to use for authentication from the Authentication type drop-down list: Plain text; Login; or CRAM-MD5. (Check with your system administrator to determine the authentication type that should be used.)
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- In the Username and Password fields, enter a License Statistics administrator username and password.
- In the From field, enter your email address.
- In the Send As field, enter the name you want to display as the sender in email notifications.
- To save the email configuration, click Submit.
- To check that the email configuration works, click Test. A dialog opens that lets you enter an email address to which a test email will be sent.