SMTP Mail Protocol
Configuration Keys
Three new configuration keys have been added to enable practices to set the SMTP Server and to provide an encryption method that the firm wishes to use.
For practices who wish to utilise this functionality, the following configuration keys needs to be set up under main menu File > Maintenance > User Defined > Configuration.
SMTP Configuration Keys
|
Key Name |
Key Value |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
| SMTPServer | SMTP.gmail.com | The Key value represents the SMTP address |
| SMTPServerPort | 587 | The Key value represents the open port for the SMTP Server |
| SMTPServerEncryption | If the Key value is left blank no encryption is applied to the server | |
| SMTPServerEncryption | SSL | SSL enables the Secure Sockets Layer public key encryption |
| SMTPServerEncryption | TLS | TLS enables the Transport layer Security public key encryption |
Only enter one SMTPServerEncription keyname and value.
Please contact your system administrator to proceed with the configuration above.
Add the SMTP credentials
The SMTP username and passwords are held within the individual Employees record.
- Click
on the toolbar. - Search and select the Employee who is generating the mail merge
- Access the Main Tab’ of the employee and select the passwords button at the bottom right.
- Within the SMTP Password tab enter in the username and password for the SMTP
- Click OK to save the password details.
Salted AES Encryption is used to store the SMTP password details. Once entered the password is masked by asterisks. To update/amend an existing password, highlight password and re-enter.
Sending emails using SMTP protocol with CCH Document Management
When sending the emails via SMTP the file is saved as an html file and any attachments are stored as a separate document.
Email Wizard
Once all the above SMTP information has been entered, on Step 2 of the Mail Merge Wizard, you are presented with the choice of using either Outlook or SMTP mail protocol.
