SDX 6.4.x Application Library Guide > Configuring the VTA with VTA Configuration Manager > Setting Up the VTA to Send E-Mail Notifications

Setting Up the VTA to Send E-Mail Notifications

Use the mailer processor to specify the SMTP server to use for e-mail messages that the VTA sends to subscribers.

To configure the mailer processor:

1. In the VTA Configuration Manager navigation pane, select Edit.
2. Under Current Configuration, select Processors.

A list of processors appears.

3. Click Enable to enable the processor and display the configuration page for the mailer processor, or click Mailer Processor.

The Mailer Processor screen appears.

4. Fill in the SMTP server box, and click Save.
5. Configure an action for the mailer processor. See Configuring the VTA to Send E-Mail Notifications.

SMTP Server

• SMTP server for outgoing e-mail.
• Value—Hostname or IP address of the SMTP server
• Default—No value

Configuring the VTA to Send E-Mail Notifications

You can configure actions for the mailer processor that cause the VTA to send e-mail notifications. To configure actions to the mailer processor:

1. In the VTA Configuration Manager navigation pane, select Edit.
2. Under Current Configuration, select Actions.

A list of actions appears. For example:

3. To add an action, enter a name for the action in the New Quota VTA Actions field, and click Create.

The action configuration screen appears.

4. Select Mailer in the Processor field, and click Save. (If Mailer does not appear in the drop-down list, enable the mailer processor.)

An expanded configuration area for the action appears.

5. Edit the action fields.

Processor

• Processor for which you are configuring the action.
• Value—Mailer (If Mailer does not appear in the drop-down list, enable the mailer processor.)
• Default—No value

Function

• Function calls that the mail processor invokes.
• Value

• SendEmail—Sends e-mail messages. It provides no output.

• Default—No value

Parameter Name

• Parameters to pass to the processor.
• Value

• "Recipient"—Address of the e-mail recipient
• "From"—Address of the e-mail sender
• "Subject"—Subject of the e-mail
• "Text"—Text of the e-mail

• Default—No value

Parameter Content

• Values for the parameters.
• Value

• Recipient—Address of the e-mail recipient
• From—Address of the e-mail sender
• Subject—Subject of the e-mail
• Text—Text of the e-mail

• Default—No value

Abort On Error

• Disables or enables and sets the processing in response to an error.
• Value

• Break—Stop processing the current event.
• Continue—Continue with the next action, if any, in the same event handler.
• Next Event Handler—Continue with the next event handler (if any).

• Default—No value