Enable password reset messages

You can enable a message to notify a user when their password has been reset.

To enable password reset messages:

  1. Open the Administration Console

    • To configure password reset messages on a site level, and select Site on the Administration Console Site/Store Selection page.

    • To configure password reset messages on a store level, and select Store on the Administration Console Site/Store Selection page.

  2. From the Configuration menu, select Message Types. The Message Type Configuration page displays.

  3. Click New. The Message Transport Assignment page displays.

    1. On the Message Type drop-down list select Notification message for password reset.

    2. On the Message Severity field specify 0 0.

    3. From the Transport drop-down list, select E-mail.

    4. From the Device Format drop-down list, select Standard Device Format.

  4. Click Next. The Message Transport Assignment parameter page displays.

    1. In the Host field, type the fully qualified name of your mail server.

    2. In the Protocol field, type smtp.

    3. In the Port field, type in the port number of the host. For example, 25.

    4. In the User Name field, type the user name to logon to the SMTP server.

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

    5. In the Password field, type the assigned password to authenticate SMTP server usage.

    6. In the Send Partial field, type in "true" to send an e-mail to valid addresses in the Recipient field, even if there are invalid addresses in the same field. Type in "false" to send the e-mail only if all addresses are valid.

    7. In the Retry Duration field, the time duration (in hours) within which WebSphere can try to reconnect to a SMTP host when the server is down.

    8. In the Recipient field, specify a default recipient. If multiple recipients are specified, separate recipient names with commas. The recipient name will be replaced by the customer e-mail address at runtime.

    9. In the Sender field, specify the sender of the message. This text appears in the Sender field of the e-mail message.

    10. In the Subject field, specify the subject of the message. This text appears in the Subject field of the e-mail message. You can specify one subject per locale.

    11. In the CC field, type in the e-mail addresses that you want copies of the message sent to.

    12. In the BCC field, type in the e-mail addresses that you want private copies of the message sent to.

    13. In the Reply To field, type in the e-mail address all replies should be sent to.

  5. Click Finish.


 

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