Email Settings

The Email Settings tab on the Email page provides the ability to view and configure email settings.

Available operations:

• View and update email settings
  • Fields available
    • From Email Address – Send from email address of ReadyWorks emails (required)
    • Reply-To Email Address – Reply-To email address of ReadyWorks emails (required)
    • Transport – Delivery method of ReadyWorks emails (required)
      • Server Mail (Sendmail / php.ini) – Use the server’s configured mail transport
        NOTE: To use the server’s configured mail transport it must first be configured to connect to your SMTP server.
      • SMTP Server – Configure a dedicated SMTP server
    • Disclaimer – Plain Test – Plain text disclaimer to be appended to the bottom (footer) of all ReadyWorks emails
    • Disclaimer – HTML – HTML disclaimer to be appended to the bottom (footer) of all ReadyWorks emails
• Test email connectivity

Update Email Settings

From the Email Settings tab, you can update the email settings. To update:

1. Enter a value for each email setting
2. Click the Update button to save your email settings

Server Mail

From the Email Settings tab, you can use the server’s configured mail transport. To configure:

1. Select Server mail (sendmail / php.ini) from the Transport drop down
   
2. Check Sendmail is configure in php on this server to override the auto detection and force SMTP to use the default mail() function
   
3. Click the Update button to save your email settings

SMTP Server

From the Email Settings tab, you can configure a dedicated SMTP server. To configure:

1. Select SMTP server from the Transport drop down
   
2. Enter the hostname of the SMTP server in the SMTP Host text box
   
3. Enter the port used to connect to the SMTP server in the Port text box
   
4. Select the encryption method for the SMTP connection from the Encryption drop down
   
   1. None – No encryption. Data, including credentials (if used), is sent in plain text. Only use on trusted internal networks or SMTP relays that don’t require encryption.
   2. STARTTLS – Starts with an unencrypted connection, then upgrades it to an encrypted TLS connection. Recommended for most modern SMTP servers.
   3. SSL/TLS – Establishes an encrypted connection immediately before any SMTP communication begins (often called implicit TLS). Used by some SMTP servers and legacy configurations.
5. Check Verify the server’s TLS certificate to ensure a secure connection. Disable only for trusted internal SMTP relays using self-signed or untrusted certificates.
   
6. Check Requires authentication to authenticate with the SMTP server using a username and password
   
7. Click the Update button to save your email settings

Send Test Email

From the Email Settings tab, you test email connectivity. To test:

1. Enter an email address in the Send Test Email text box (separate multiple recipients with a comma)
   
2. Click the Send Test button when finished to send a test email to the entered recipient. You can test email connectivity without saving the configuration.