General Settings

Configuring IBM webMethods Managed File Transfer to Send Emails

Configure IBM® webMethods Managed File Transfer to send emails in the following scenarios:

  • Configure email tasks for post-processing and scheduled actions.
  • To send emails when a new user is created.
  • To send an email when a user changes the password.

To configure the default email settings in the user interface

  1. Go to Settings > General Settings.

  2. In User email settings, select the Activate email alerts for user creation/update option.

  3. Specify the details in User email settings. The following table lists the supported email fields:

    Field Description
    From Send email on behalf of the user.
    Subject Subject of the email.
    Template for user email Email template for the user creation alert.
    Configure the following server variables in your user email template:
    • {firstName}: First name of the user.
    • {lastName}: Last name of the user.
    • {username}: User ID for the user.
    • {password}: Password for the user.
    • {serverList}: Listener URLs for the user.
    Template for password email Email template for the password creation alert.
    Configure the following server variables in your password email template:
    • {firstName}: First name of the user.
    • {lastName}: Last name of the user.
    • {password}: Password for the user.
    Template for password reset Email template for the password reset alert.
    Configure the following server variables in your password reset email template:
    • {firstName}: First name of the user.
    • {lastName}: Last name of the user.
    • {passwordResetLink}: Link for resetting the password.
    • {expiryTimeStamp}: Time of expiry for the password reset link.
  4. Click Save.
Note: The following two email alerts will be sent to the user when the user password is changed:
  • Email with the user ID and server details.
  • Email with the new password details.

To disable the automatic email alerts when you create a new user or update a user password

  1. Go to Settings > General Settings.

  2. In User email settings, clear the Activate email alerts for user creation/update checkbox.

  3. Click Ok.

Note: You must be an administrator to disable the email alerts.

Password Settings

To configure the password complexity of partner users.

  1. Go to Settings > General settings > Password settings, where the following aspects can be set:

    • Minimum number of lower-case letters
    • Minimum number of upper-case letters
    • Minimum number of special characters
    • Minimum number of numeric characters
    • Minimum length of the password

  2. Click Save.

These aspects are applied to all the instances and the restrictions apply to the following scenarios:

  • The password restrictions are honored while creating new partner users with Generate random password and Create new password options.
  • The password restrictions do not impact the already existing partner users.

Miscellaneous Settings

To configure time zone for date and time variables

  1. Go to Settings > General settings > Miscellaneous settings.

  2. Select a time zone from the drop-down list.

  3. Click Save.

IBM webMethods Managed File Transfer applies the selected time zone to the date and time variables wherever applicable.

To configure email notification for in-progress actions

  1. Go to Settings > General settings > Miscellaneous settings.

  2. In the Email notification settings for in-progress actions section, provide email recipients as comma separated values and an email subject for the email to be sent to your administrator.

  3. Click Save.

Your cloud administrator will now receive email notifications whenever an in-progress action is interrupted.