Configure outbound email notification messages

Use the Administration Console to configure outbound email notification messages.


Procedure

  1. Open the Administration Console. Select Store on the Administration Console Site/Store Selection page.

  2. Click Configuration > Message Types. The Change Message Transport Assignment is displayed when we are changing an existing message type. If we are creating a new message, type the New Message Transport Assignment is displayed.

  3. From the Message Type list, click the message to change from the list of available message types. If the message is not listed there, click the New button to create it; in that case, select E-mail as the Transport, and Standard Device Format as Device format. E-mail messages

    • A broadcast message

    • ActivateTaskNotification

    • An Invoice Message

    • Description of an error condition occurring in WebSphere Commerce

    • Message for a changed order

    • Message for a received order

    • Message for a rejected order

    • Message for an authorized order

    • Message for notifying the customer of an order release manifestation

    • Message for notifying the merchant of an order

    • Message that shows the interest item list of the customer

    • Message to notify approvers

    • Notification message for a canceled order

    • Notification message for a merchant for a canceled order

    • Notification message for password reset

    • Notification message for saving coupons

    • Notification message of the order status

    • ReadyToApproveTaskGroupNotification

    • RejectTaskNotification

    • Response Notification Message

    • (Enterprise) RFQ Close Message

    • (Enterprise) RFQ Complete Message

    • (Enterprise) RFQ Submit Message

    • User account activation by e-mail

    • SendGiftRegistryAnnouncementMessage

    IBM MQ messages

    • Outbound message for WebSphere Commerce Legacy Order Create

    • Outbound message for WebSphere Commerce XML Order Create

    The Change Message Transport Assignment is displayed.

  4. Click Next. The Message Transport Assignment parameter page is displayed.

    Option Description
    Host Type the fully qualified name of your mail server.
    Protocol Type smtp.
    Port Type the port number of the host. For example, 25.
    Send Partial

      true
      Send an email to valid addresses in the Recipient field, even if there are invalid addresses in the same field.

      false
      Send the email only if all addresses are valid.

    Retry Duration The duration (in hours) within which the server can try to reconnect to an SMTP host when the server is down.
    User Name Type the user name to log on to the SMTP server.

    Note: Once the user name is specified, the secure connection to the SMTP server is required.

    Password Type the assigned password to authenticate SMTP server usage.
    Recipient Specify a default recipient. If multiple recipients are specified, separate recipient names with commas. The recipient name is replaced by the customer email address at runtime.
    Sender Specify the sender of the message. This text appears in the Sender field of the email message.
    Subject Specify the subject of the message. This text appears in the Subject field of the email message. We can specify one subject per locale.
    CC Type the email addresses that we want copies of the message sent to.
    BCC Type the email addresses that we want private copies of the message sent to.
    Reply To Type the email address all replies should be sent to.
    Content-Type Specify text/plain or text/html.

  5. Click Finish.


What to do next


Related concepts
Message resend


Related tasks
Configure timeouts for SMTP connections
Manage message types
Configure email activity accounts
Configure validation for No Operation (NOOP) messages
Configure the SMTP connection pool properties


Related reference
Outbound messages