Messaging and notifications page
This section describes selections on the messaging and notifications page.
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| Email settings | Outbound SMTP Server | Name of outbound SMTP server for sending emails from workflows. |
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Outbound SMTP Server Port |
Port number of the users SMTP server. |
| 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.) |
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SMTP TLS connection encryption |
Allows users to set an option to use a SMTP server connection that is encrypted with TLS. |
| From Address
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Email address to use as "From" address in emails. | |
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Use send of behalf of this address |
The specified "From Address" from above will be the primary sender which will send on behalf of the specified "From" address in actions that send 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.
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. |
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Allow sending notifications on behalf of another user |
Use send on behalf of this address |
Allows configuration of "From" field in actions that send emails. |
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Enforce message header and footer |
Enforce message header and footer |
Includes the configured header and footer in all email notifications. |
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Notification preferences |
Allow user notification preferences |
Allows the user to set their message notification preferences. |