Board Mailer Service

Board Support

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:

1. uninstall the Board WebAPI Engine if still installed
2. restart the Server
3. open the CMD with the "run as administrator" option
4. 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.
5. check that the Board Mailer Service has been moved to the new path and start it