Board Mailer Service
Functionality
The Mailer is the service responsible of sending emails when using the Board functionalities of Broadcasting, Subscription and Send-To.
To activate it, it is necessary to configure the correct parameters within the following files located in the Board Web Server file system:
- Broadcasting.config
- Mailer.config
How to Configure It
Broadcasting.config
C:\Program Files (x86)\Board\Board WebApi Server\App_Data\config
The file contains the following fields:
Key name | Function | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|
<add key="internalSmtpAddress" value="board-com.mail.protection.outlook.com"/> | FQDN of SMPT server used to send automatic emails. | X |
<add key="internalSmtpPort" value="25"/> | Port used by the SMTP server | X |
<add key="internalSmtpEnableSsl" value=""/> | Flag to enable/disable SSL encryption. Accepted values: true or false. | X |
<add key="mailerUsername" value=""/> | User used to authenticate on SMTP server | |
<add key="mailerPassword" value=""/> | Password of SMTP server user | |
<add key="workingFolder" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Board\Board WebApi Server\App_Data\broadcasting"/> | Physical folder on the web server where temporary files are generated before being sent as attachments in the emails | X |
<add key=" mailerSender " value=""/> | Email sender address that will be displayed in the received emails | |
<add key =" pollingMinutes " value="" /> | Frequency (in minutes) at which the broadcasting service checks if there are requests to be processed |
Mailer.config
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Board\Board WebApi Server\App_Data\config\mailer.config
Key name | Function | Mandatory |
|---|---|---|
<add key="webUrl" value="http://localhost:80/"/> | is the URL used by Web Clients to access Board, as set in the key “host” of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Board\Board WebApi Server\App_Data\config \appSettings.config like in the example below | X |
<add key="watchPath" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Board\Board WebApi Server\App_Data\broadcasting"/> | it contains the files that Board Mailer Service will attach to emails and must be the same path set as WorkingFolder in broadcasting.config | X |
<add key="logFolder" value="C:\Program Files (x86)\Board\Board WebApi Server\App_Data\broadcasting"/> | Board Mailer Service log folder | X |
In case you deploy Board through IIS (here), please remember to move the Board Mailer Service accordingly, removing it from the standard path
You need to:
- uninstall the Board WebAPI Engine if still installed
- restart the Server
- open the CMD with the "run as administrator" option
- execute this command"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\installutil.exe" “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BoardWeb\Bin\Board.Mailer.Service.exe"where "BoardWeb" is the name of your phisical folder of the website.
- check that the Board Mailer Service has been moved to the new path and start it
