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Modifying global mail settings

Bravura Security Fabric sends email using the GLOBAL MAIL PLUGIN plugin. The following plugin programs, shipped with Bravura Security Fabric , can be used with this plugin point:

Click below to view a demonstration.

To configure the global mail plugin and other required settings for sending email:

  1. Click Manage the system > Workflow > Email configuration > Email configuration.

    When you select the Workflow menu, if the required settings for sending email are not configured, Bravura Security Fabric automatically directs you to this page.

  2. Type values for the options listed below as required.

  3. Click Update.

    Option

    Description

    GLOBAL MAIL PLUGIN

    The plugin to send email.

    GLOBAL MAIL PLUGIN MAILDIR

    The directory path to store messages when they are written to a file.The default is <Program Files path>\Bravura Security\Bravura Security Fabric\Logs\<instance> \mail .

    Ensure that this directory exists.

    MAIL AUTH LOGIN

    The login ID for mailing systems that require authentication.

    MAIL AUTH PASSWORD

    The password for the login ID specified by MAIL AUTH LOGIN.

    Note: If you change the MAIL AUTH LOGIN, MAIL SERVER, or MAIL SERVER PORT value later, you must also update this field.

    MAIL CONTENT TYPE

    Enable to display HTML content in email. When disabled (default) email content is plain text.

    MAIL SEND METHOD

    The delivery options for notification messages. This value is used by global-mail-plugin to send an email and/or write the message to a file. Valid values are:

    SMTP Send email via MAIL SERVER

    NOTES Send email via a Lotus Notes/Domino mail system

    FILE Write to a file in the directory specified by GLOBAL MAIL PLUGIN MAILDIR

    Multiple methods can be used. If the MAIL SERVER is specified, the default is SMTP; otherwise, the default is FILE.

    MAIL SERVER

    The mail server address.

    MAIL SERVER PORT

    The port number for the SMTP mail server. Default is 25 .

    RECIPIENT EMAIL

    A comma-delimited list of email addresses of Bravura Security Fabric administrators who should receive notification of events relating to the running of the server.

    This value is set during installation.

    SENDER EMAIL

    The email address that will appear as the sender of emails. This is required if using Lotus Notes or SMTP to send email.

    Note

    The email server configuration data is saved in the registry. These settings are not propagated to replication nodes unless you run the File Replication Service.

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