Email Alerts allows you to configure one or more alert email addresses to send critical File Collaboration alerts to. Email Alerts are configured on a per file collaboration session basis. In order for email alerts to work, you must specify one or more email addresses and configure a connection to an SMTP email server to send the alerts to. FolderMaestro File Collaboration supports regular SMTP email, as well as authenticated and encrypted connections.
You can enable or disable email alerts by checking or unchecking the enabled checkbox field, as well as select the type of alerts you would like to be notified.
Alert Types
Session Abort |
Enables sending an alert when a session is aborted because of lack of quorum due to a failed host(s). |
File Quarantined |
Enables sending an alert when a file is marked as quarantined because a file conflict was not able to be resolved. |
Host Timeout |
Enables sending an alert when a host timeout occurs and the host is taken out of session. |
Scan Error |
Enables sending an alert when an error occurs during the initial synchronization process. |
SMTP Email Configuration
In addition to "Enabling" email alerts, you need to specify the SMTP server configuration along with the email address the alert will be sent from, and the email address(es) to send the alert to. Below are the configuration options:
SMTP Host
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The hostname or IP address of the SMTP mail server to send alert emails to. |
SMTP Port |
TCP/IP connection port (default is 25 and 465 for encryption). It is recommended that you leave the default setting unless your email provider specifies otherwise. |
Encryption |
Check this box if the SMTP mail server requires an encrypted connection. |
Encryption Type |
Select either TLS or SSL encryption. If you do not know which one your server requires, then it is recommended you try TLS first and if that does not work then try SSL. |
User |
The username to authenticate with the SMTP mail server. This is normally not needed. (Optional) |
Password |
The password of the user name to authenticate. (Optional) |
Sender Email |
The email address that will appear in the From field of the alert email. This user sometimes needs to be a valid user on the SMTP mail server. |
Recipient(s): |
A list of one or more email addresses to send critical systems alerts to. Use the ADD button to add email addresses to the list, and the REMOVE button to remove the selected email from the list. |
Clicking on the Test Connection button will send a test email to the configured email Recipient(s) and let you know if a successful connection was made to the configured SMTP mail server. It is highly recommended that you test the configuration before saving the options.