Messaging and notifications page

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This section describes selections on the messaging and notifications page.

Section	Selection	Description
Email settings	Outbound SMTP Server	Name of outbound SMTP server for sending emails from workflows.
	SMTP server requires authentication	Passes the specified username and password to the SMTP server.
	Username	Username to pass to the SMTP server. (Available when the option SMTP server requires authentication is selected.)
	Password	Password to pass to the SMTP server. (Available when the option SMTP server requires authentication is selected.)
	From Address	Email address to use as "From" address in emails.
	Reply To Address	Email address to use as "Reply To" address in emails.
	Character Set	Character encoding to use in emails. Example: 65001 (Unicode UTF-8).
	Specify different encoding for plain text emails	Character encoding to use in emails that are plain text format.
	Specify different encoding for SMS messages	Character encoding to use in SMS messages.
	Use css styles in HTML emails	Uses styles from Cascading Style Sheets (CSSs) in emails that are HTML format.
	Location of stylesheet containing email styles	Path (after "/_layouts/") to Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) used in HTML emails. Default: NintexWorkflow/htmleditorstyles.css
Instant messaging settings		When OCS/Lync is selected, provides the following settings. From sip address From domain user (domain\username) Password OCS/Lync server Transport Configure the server settings to allow Nintex Workflow to integrate with OCS/Lync. Enabling OCS/Lync integration allows the Get user status action, the Get users by status action and LazyApproval via instant messaging to be used. Upgrade note: If the Nintex Workflow OCS Integration component is installed and configured for the web farm, the Instant messaging settings section will be configured to use LCS by default. If Office Communication Server is used, select the option OCS/Lync to enable the new functionality. If Live Communications Server is used, leave the setting as LCS.
Allow sending notifications on behalf of another user	Allow sending on behalf of another user	Allows configuration of "From" field in actions that send emails.
Enforce message header and footer	Enforce message header and footer	Includes the configured header and footer in all email notifications.
Notification preferences	Allow user notification preferences	Allows the user to set their message notification preferences.

Section

Selection

Description

Email settings

Outbound SMTP Server

Name of outbound SMTP server for sending emails from workflows.

SMTP server requires authentication

Passes the specified username and password to the SMTP server.

Username

Username to pass to the SMTP server. (Available when the option SMTP server requires authentication is selected.)

Password

Password to pass to the SMTP server. (Available when the option SMTP server requires authentication is selected.)

From Address

Email address to use as "From" address in emails.

Reply To Address

Email address to use as "Reply To" address in emails.

Character Set

Character encoding to use in emails. Example: 65001 (Unicode UTF-8).

Specify different encoding for plain text emails

Character encoding to use in emails that are plain text format.

Specify different encoding for SMS messages

Character encoding to use in SMS messages.

Use css styles in HTML emails

Uses styles from Cascading Style Sheets (CSSs) in emails that are HTML format.

Location of stylesheet containing email styles

Path (after "/_layouts/") to Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) used in HTML emails. Default: NintexWorkflow/htmleditorstyles.css

Instant messaging settings

When OCS/Lync is selected, provides the following settings.

From sip address
From domain user (domain\username)
Password
OCS/Lync server
Transport

Configure the server settings to allow Nintex Workflow to integrate with OCS/Lync. Enabling OCS/Lync integration allows the Get user status action, the Get users by status action and LazyApproval via instant messaging to be used.

Upgrade note: If the Nintex Workflow OCS Integration component is installed and configured for the web farm, the Instant messaging settings section will be configured to use LCS by default. If Office Communication Server is used, select the option OCS/Lync to enable the new functionality. If Live Communications Server is used, leave the setting as LCS.

Allow sending notifications on behalf of another user

Allow sending on behalf of another user

Allows configuration of "From" field in actions that send emails.

Enforce message header and footer

Includes the configured header and footer in all email notifications.

Notification preferences

Allow user notification preferences

Allows the user to set their message notification preferences.