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Help > Installation > Post Installation Configuration and Setup >
Email Configurations
LinkSOFT allows users to setup automated email notifications & alerts, task reminders, scheduled reports and much more. The feature offers ready-to-use email templates, the ability to respond to requests directly from the email Inbox and the ability to review and manage emails generated from LinkSOFT.  

Emails must be configured to use below features:

  1. Password Management
    1. Recover Password
    2. Reset Password 
  2. Email Notifications - These are alerts such as "Task Reminders", "HR alerts" and other system alerts.
  3. Report Email Alerts -  These are "Business Intelligence" reports that can be scheduled and are sent as PDF attachments.

Prerequisite

LinkSOFT uses SMTP mail server to send emails therefore the following must be obtained.

  1. SMTP host - This is the outgoing mail server through which the mails are sent.
  2. SMTP Username and Password. It is better to use an Application Password. See documentation from your Email Provider.
  3. "From Email Address" - This is the email address that is used to send emails from LinkSOFT. 

Steps to Configure Emails

  1. Configure the "Mail Setting".
    1. Configure the mail settings in "Linkweb ". This needs to be configured even if you are using "Windows Service scheduler".
    2. Configure mail setting in "Link Technologies - Process Service " only when using the "Windows Service".
  2. Configure email settings under Mail Settings.
  3. Configure the body of the email in the "Email Templates ".
  4. Enable "Email Scheduler " in the process setup.
  5. Enable below "Company Processes ".
    1. SYS001 - Server process used to prepare alerts and complex computations.
    2. SYS009 - Process to validate "Report Email Log" data exists.

Notes

  1. How to setup GMail accounts to send email.