Configuring the Email Server Settings

Use the following procedure to specify the email server settings for CentraSite. To perform this procedure, you must know the name (or IP address) of the email server that CentraSite is to use and the port number on which that server listens for SMTP requests. If the email server is configured to authenticate users, you must additionally provide the user ID and password that CentraSite is to use to log on to the server.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE properties SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/properties.dtd">
<properties version="1.0">
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.SMTPHost">
localhost</entry>
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.SMTPPort">
25</entry>
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.ReplyTo">
noreply@editthisdomain.com</entry>
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.ConnectionTimeout">20</entry>
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.Authentication">false</entry>
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.User">xyz</entry>
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.Password">xyz</entry>
<entry key="com.centrasite.config.email.TransportLayerSecurity">
false</entry>
</properties>

In this field...	Specify...
SMTPHost	The name or IP address of the machine on which the SMTP server is running.
SMTPPort	The port on which the machine specified in SMTP Host listens for SMTP requests.
ReplyTo	The email address to which responses to the emails sent by CentraSite are to be directed. CentraSite uses this address to populate the "From" email header in the emails that it sends.
ConnectionTimeout	The number of seconds that CentraSite will wait for the email server to accept a connection request. If the email server does not respond within the specified time period, CentraSite writes an error message to the console and discards the email.
Authentication	Whether the SMTP server authenticates users. Set Authentication to yes if authentication is enabled on the SMTP server. If you set this field to yes, you must specify the appropriate log-on credentials in the User and Password fields below.
User	The user ID that CentraSite is to use to log on to the SMTP server. This value is required only when Authentication is set to yes.
Password	The password that CentraSite is to use when it logs on to the SMTP server. This value is required only when Authentication is set to yes.
TransportLayerSecurity	If true, enables the use of the STARTTLS command (if supported by the server) to switch the connection to a TLS-protected connection before issuing any login commands. Note that an appropriate trust store must configured so that the client will trust the server's certificate. Defaults to false.

Parameter	Description
-url	The fully qualified URL (http://localhost:53307/CentraSite/CentraSite) for the CentraSite registry/repository.
-user	The user ID of a user who has the CentraSite Administrator role.
-password	The password of the user identified by the parameter -user.
-file	The absolute or relative path to the XML configuration file. If relative, the path should be relative to the location from where the command is executed.