Email Settings outline the steps to configure email values that will allow users to send and receive emails from LinkSOFT.

Steps to configure Email Settings

1. Mail Settings. This is the Configuration to setup the mail box.   
   1. Navigate to the "Internet Information Services Manager" in windows.
   2. Expand  the connections into "Sites - Default Web Site".
   3. Right click on LinkSOFT and select the "Explore" option. This will open the LinkSOFT site files.
   4. Open the "web.config" file in "Notepad".
   5. Navigate to "System.Net -> Mail Settings" and configure the Mail Setting Element .
      
2. LinkSOFT Configuration Settings. This is the configuration to manage the volume limits and  source infirmation
   1. Login into LinkSOFT.
   2. Navigate to "Company Administration -> Configuration -> Configuration Group: General Setting -> Subgroup: Mail Setting". Refer to Figure 1.
   3. Configure below values:
      1. Email Size in KB - Enter the email size in Kilobytes.
         1. This value reduces the email size and replace large images with the text "Image has been removed to reduce document size."
      2. Mail Common Prefix - Values added as the prefix will be added to the "Subject" of emails sent from LinkSOFT.
      3. Mail Fail Retry - Enter the number of times LinkSOFT should attempt to send an email before marking it as "Failed".
      4. Mail From Address - Enter the email address that is used to send emails from LinkSOFT.
      5. System Operating Mode - Update the system mode with:
         1. Test - When mode is "Test", emails from LinkSOFT are redirected to the "System Test Email Address".
         2. Live - Set the mode to "Live" to send emails to the actual email addresses.
      6. System Test Email Address - Enter the test email address.
      7. Mail Email Log Send Per Minute - Number of emails to send per minute from menu "Business Intelligence - Email Log - Alert Email Log".
      8. Mail Report Email Log Send Per Minute - Number of emails to send per minute from menu "Business Intelligence - Email Log - PDF Report Email Log" 
         
3. LinkWEB Process Maintenance. This is the scheduler that picks up queued messages and sends emails to recipients
   1. Navigate to menu "Global Administration -> Process Setup"
   2. Edit and enable the process with description "Email Scheduler ..."
   3. Set the Frequency based on the following:
      1. If the frequency is set to 600 seconds, and the configuration 2.3.7 above is set to 50, this implies that the system can handle up to 50 emails every 600 seconds
      2. If the frequency is set to 10 seconds, and the configuration 2.3.7 above is set to 50, this implies that the system can handle up to 50 emails every 10 seconds
   4. If you make changes to this menu item, a "Application Pool Restart" will be required for the settings to take effect.