help • 4 Editing General Settings • Defining an email server
4.8 Defining an email server
All welcome and password reset emails are delivered to the SwyxWare users via the email server you specify.
To define the settings for the email server
1 In the menu, select General Settings | System.
2 Click on Mail Server.
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Explanation
Activate SMTP
Activate the checkbox to activate the SMTP settings.
SMTP mail server
Enter the unique address of the email server you are using.
Allowed format: Symbolic name, DNS name, IP address
SMTP port
Enter the SMTP port for connecting the mail server.
Sender address
Enter the email sender address for all voicemails, welcome and password reset emails delivered via SwyxServer to SwyxWare users (e.g. SwyxServer@company.com).
The address must be chosen in correlation to the email server used. Some email servers support any choice of originating address, others require that the address be in the same format as the address which as already been stored for you. In any case, the domain name (e. g. "@company.com") should be identical to one of the domains managed by the mail server.
Enable SMTP authentication
Activate the checkbox to activate authentication on the e-mail server according to the RFC 2554 specification.
Supported methods: "LOGIN", "PLAIN", "CRAM-MD5"
User name
Enter a Username for authentication of SwyxServer on the email server.
Password
Enter a password for authentication of SwyxServer on the email server.
Use SSL
Activate the checkbox to encrypt the connection to the email server.
3 Click on Send test email to send a test email via the specified mail server to the specified originating address.
4 Click on Save.