The SMTP settings are used throughout other parts of the administration views to enable email sending.
The user may add as many different SMTP server settings as wanted.
SettingsName | The name is used to identify this SMTP setup in other parts of the admin interface. |
SMTP host | The address of the SMTP server to use. |
Port | The port of the SMTP server to use when communicating with the server. |
Use SSL | If this check box is selected the connection with the SMTP server will be done using Secure Socket Layer (SSL). |
Login | The account to use when communicating with the server. |
Password | The account password. |
From (name) | The name that will appear as the name from which the emails are sent. |
From (email) | The email address that will appear as the sender address. Note that most SMTP servers do not allow other email addresses than the actual address of the account being used. |