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# Connecting to an SMTP Server

Before the Send Email (SMTP) tool can be used in a task, you must configure a connection to the SMTP server that King Task Centre uses to send the emails.

1. You add the SMTP Server Configuration connection details by either:

|  | Going to Manage > Tools > Output > Send Email (SMTP)

|  | From the , expanding King Task Centre > System > Tools > and double-clicking Send Email (SMTP) in the

2. Type in the Server Address and, if required, any authentication details.
3. Select the Advanced tab.
   1. Configure the Authentication, Connection Security, and Message Formatting options required and then enter the Port number to be used.
4. Click Address Book to open the Address Book dialog box, and add any email addresses required.
5. Click OK to save the connection details and close the dialog box.

About the Main Tab

|  | Server Address — A DNS or an IP address may be entered for the SMTP Server.
|  | Authentication — This area contains the following for configuring a connection to the SMTP server:
|  | Enable Authentication — This option should be selected if authentication is to be used to connect to the server and if checked provides the following options for selection:
Windows Authentication (NTLM) — The currently logged in users details are used to access the server. Plain Text Authentication (LOGIN) — Specific user details may be entered in the Username, Password and Domain fields which become active when this option is selected. | Click the image to view full size.

About the Advanced Tab

|  | Authentication — This area contains the following connection options for selection:
|  | Abort send if Authentication not supported by host — When authentication is selected but not supported by the SMTP server, the tool wont send the message and logs the failure.
|  | Abort send if Authentication Fails — When authentication is selected and then fails when communicating with the SMTP server, the tool won't send the message and logs the failure.
|  | Connection Security — This area contains the following connection options for selection:
|  | Use Secure SMTP (if available) — This option enables the use of secure channel SMTP (TLS/SSL) if it is supported by the SMTP server. If it is not supported by the server, then plain text is used instead (if allowed by the server).
|  | Require Secure SMTP — This option, when used with Use Secure SMTP makes a secure channel compulsory for the message to be sent. If TLS is not available, then a message is written to the event log instead.
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|  | Connection Details — This area contains the following:

|  | Port Number — The connection port to be used may be entered. This defaults to 25.

NOTE:

The King Task Centre SMTP port is configurable and may be changed from its default setting of 25 should port clashes occur during configuration. Please refer to the documentation on your mail server in order to co-ordinate any change from the default of 25 so that King Task Centre can communicate successfully with your mail server.

|  | Message Formatting — This area contains the following formatting options for selection:

|  | Send plain text using HTML — By default this option is not selected and therefore assumes that there may be recipients of King Task Centre notifications who are unable to read HTML mail. This means that plain text notifications can be constructed and hence not be converted into HTML by the mail server.

|  | Content Encoding — This area contains the following encoding options for selection:
|  | Encode Subject field in Base64 UTF-16 Encoding — If this option is selected then the subject line of the email is encoded using the globally set Base 64 UTF-16 encoding at runtime regardless of the required character set at step level. In this case, only the body is processed using the UTF-8 or UTF-16 option chosen at step level. This option is not selected by default.

|  | Address Book — Displays the Address Book dialog box to enable an email address to be created or located and selected.

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