IBM Marketing Platform | General | Communication | Email

Properties in this category are used to configure the Marketing Platform to send emails to users for system alerts and notifications.

Enable Email Communication

Description

When set to True, the Marketing Platform attempts to send emails to users for system alerts and notifications. The other properties in this category must also be set to enable this feature.

Default value

False

Email Server Protocol

Description

Specifies the protocol on the mail server that is used for sending system alerts and notifications to users. This is required for email notifications.

Default value

smtp

Email Server host

Description

Specifies the name of the mail server used for sending system alerts and notifications to users. This is required for email notifications.

Default value

localhost

Email Server port

Description

Specifies the port of the mail server used for sending system alerts and notifications to users. This is required for email notifications.

Default value

25

'From' address for emails

Description

Specifies the account from which system alert and notification emails are sent. If authentication is required on your mail server, use the email address of the account that you used when you saved a mail server account name and password as a data source in a Marketing Platform user account. This is required for email notifications.

Default value

Not defined

Authentication required for mail server

Description

Specifies whether the mail server requires authentication.

Default value

False

IBM® EMM user for email account

Description

Specifies the user name of the Marketing Platform account where the email credentials are stored as a data source.

Required for notifications, only if your mail server requires authentication.

Default value

asm_admin

Data source for email account

Description

Specifies the name of the data source in the Marketing Platform account where the email credentials are stored.

Required for notifications, only if your mail server requires authentication.

Default value

emailDS