Configure Email Settings

Emails can be set up to send internal emails to designated employees or external emails to citizens or contractors in Preferences. Emails can be sent at certain times, such as when a service request or work order is created or closed, when plans for a new building are approved, or when a Submit To or Dispatch To field is changed. Once email preferences are defined, the administrator must also configure the email templates and events under Email and under the Notifications Menu in PLL Admin. See Add or Edit an Email Template and Add or Edit an Email Event for more information.

NOTE: These Email settings are also used for password recovery. When a user forgets their password, they are sent an email to reset their password. If the user belongs to multiple domains, the default domain's Email settings is used.

1. From the home page, click Admin and click Preferences.
2. Click the AMS tab.
3. Expand the Email section on the Domain panel.

4. Enter the email address from which the email appears to be sent in the From Address field.

5. Enter the IP address of network location of the email server in the Server field.

6. Enter the number for the SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) Port on the server that accepts outgoing email connections.

7. Enter the account used when connecting to the email server in the User field. This field may be left empty.

8. Enter the Password for the User account. This field may be left empty.

9. Select Use Authentication to enable authentication when sending email. Not selecting this allows for external emailing if using an open SMTP relay.

10. Select Enable SSL to use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to encrypt the connection.

To ensure that your email settings are working, you can send a test email. See Test Email Settings for more information.

NOTE: Admin automatically saves the changes you make. A notification pops up at the bottom to verify changes have been saved.