Configure the Mail Sender
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The mail sender configuration refers the mail templates directory and the internationalization of the templates plus the sender itself. |
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You can create, edit, delete email templates using the built-in editor. |
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Email Sender
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There are 4 email senders available:
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| Mail Sender | Description | When to use |
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| Container Sender | Uses JIRA Jira to send mails; mails are enqueued in the standard JIRA Jira queue and the call returns immediately | In most cases, this is what you should use. It offers good performance and it relies on the standard JIRA Jira mechanism. |
| Direct sender, custom | Connects to the SMTP server and sends the mail. You need to specify the mail server parameters | You need to configure another mail server for the mails and you want to wait for the send confirmation to arrive before continuing your SIL program |
| Direct sender, defaults | Same as above, but takes the configuration from JIRA Jira SMTP server | You just want to wait for the send confirmation to arrive before continuing your SIL program. |
| Null sender | Logs messages to be sent in the JIRA Jira log | Debug & and Development |
Note that a mail that has been successfully sent does not mean that the recipient got the mail. It can be rejected along the way for multiple reasons. SMTP does not guarantee delivery!
If you choose 'choose Direct sender, custom', you will need to supply in some additional parameters:
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