Email server
The email server configuration interface sets the IBM Robotic Process Automation server connection parameters with an email server. The email server can be the SendGrid or another server that allows the SMTP protocol. The IBM Robotic Process Automation server uses the email server to send email messages to users registered in the environment.
Sendgrid integration
The SendGrid service uses HTML templates that constitutes the body of email messages. These templates might have fields for sending and receiving data by using HTTP requests and responses. For example, a registration confirmation email that uses a field or button to confirm the registration through an HTTP request.
The parameters for SendGrid Configuration as IBM Robotic Process Automation Server Email Server are:
- Authentication key
- New user template ID
- New Tenant template ID
- Reset password template ID
- Registration template ID
- Template ID to change user permissions
- Tenant status change template ID
- User status change template ID
- Failure template ID in robot running in launcher
- Fault template ID on robot execution scheduled
Custom server integration
The parameters for configuring a custom SMTP server as an email server for the IBM Robotic Process Automation server are:
Server address
SMTP server address.
Username
The username for the email server. For most SMTP servers this is the administrator's email address.
Password
User's password to access the server.
Secure port
The communication port with the email server. Standard ports are 25, 465, 587, and 2525.
Sender
Email address used by the server to send email messages. For most SMTP servers, the Sender
's email address is the same as the Username
.
Sender Name
Name given to the email sender.
What to do next
Learn how to Configure a TLS secured SMTP relay.