Specify a Mail Server - Enterprise Server

Meridian Enterprise Server can use your organization's existing SMTP server to send notification messages. These messages are used to notify you about the status of Meridian Explorer synchronization jobs or the results of a publishing job.

To specify a mail server:

1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the System Management group, click Settings.

   The Application Settings page appears.

2. On the Application Settings page, in the SMTP group, for the SMTP server item, click Change.

   The Register SMTP Settings dialog box appears.

3. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

4. Click Save.

   The server name appears in the SMTP Server item.

SMTP server settings

Setting	Description
SMTP server	The name of the SMTP server.
Port	The port number that the SMTP server listens to. The default is 25 (SSL not used). Also see the following description of Use SSL/TLS.
From name	The name that you want to appear as the sender of the notifications.
From address	The email address that you want to appear for the sender of the notifications.
Reply-to address	The email address where you want replies to the notifications to be sent.
User name	The user account to be used for authentication with the SMTP server.
Password	The password to be used for authentication with the SMTP server.
Use SSL/TLS	Enable this option to use the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols to communicate with the SMTP server. Note: Only Explicit SSL is supported and port 587 should be specified for the preceding Port option. Port 465, which supports Implicit SSL and is used by public SMTP servers such as Gmail and Yahoo, will not work.
Retry	The number of retry attempts that Enterprise Server will make if an email notification fails. The default value is 3, and the maximum value is 20.