Configuring e-mail settings

You can configure the Jazz™ server to send e-mail notifications to work item owners and subscribers to inform them of changes. This capability is disabled by default.

About this task

To configure the server to send e-mail notifications:

Procedure

  1. Log on as a user with JazzAdmins repository permissions.
  2. Click Admin, and then click Jazz Server Administration.
  3. On the Configuration page, complete the following fields:
    1. In the Enable Mail Notification field, select true from the list.

      This property is the global switch for enabling and disabling e-mail notifications.

    2. In the SMTP Server field, type the name of the SMTP mail server for outgoing mail, as in smtp.yourcompany.com.
    3. In the SMTP Server Port field, type the port to use for the SMTP server.

      Typically, 25 is the default port number.

    4. In the SMTP Username field, type the user name that the Jazz server uses to authenticate with the SMTP server.

      If no credentials are needed, you can leave the user name and password blank.

    5. In the SMTP Password field, type the password for SMTP authentication.
  4. Optional: To restrict e-mail notifications to a specified list of users:
    1. In the Restrict to Whitelist field, select true from the list.

      By setting this property to true, you can restrict the e-mail addresses that are allowed to receive notifications. The actual list of allowed e-mail addresses is specified using the Whitelist property. Enabling this property without defining a whitelist will result in no e-mails being sent.

    2. In the Whitelist field, type the e-mail addresses that can receive notifications.

      You can use wildcard characters to specify patterns in which an asterisk (*) matches any number of characters and a question mark (?) matches a single character. For example, *@??.ibm.com matches user1@ca.ibm.com and user2@de.ibm.com, but does not match user1@usa.ibm.com.

  5. Provide a current value for the following fields:
    1. In the Mail From Address field, type the sender e-mail address for e-mail notifications, as in, 'jazz-user@ibm.com'.
    2. In the Mail From Name field, type the sender user name for e-mail notifications.
    3. In the SMTP Reply Address field, type the 'Reply To:' e-mail address that receives e-mail notifications, as in 'jazz-user@ibm.com'.
    4. In the STARTTLS field, select true from the list to issue a STARTTLS command before authentication.

      Setting this value to true, initiates a secure SMTP connection between the Jazz server and the SMTP server.

  6. Click Save.

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