Email

this section covers configuring email settings within the litmus edge manager (lem) admin console to enable email notifications accessing email settings to view and configure email settings, navigate to the admin console > settings section and go to the email tab to begin configuration, ensure the enable smtp toggle is switched on email configuration parameters when configuring email settings, complete the following parameters action details \[1] enable smtp smtp needs to be enabled to invite or add a project team member \[2] enter smtp server host / ip address provide the hostname or ip address of smtp server \[3] enter port number specify the port number that smtp server uses example 25 for plaintext or 587 for encrypted connections using tls for secure connections like gmail, port 587 is typically used \[4] toggle start tls enable this option if your smtp server supports and requires the starttls (start transport layer security) extension for initiating a secure connection this is commonly used with port 587 \[5] toggle tls required if your smtp server mandates a tls (transport layer security) encrypted connection, enable this option \[6] enable use authentication if your smtp server requires authentication (username and password), enable this option most modern smtp servers require authentication (use authentication only) enter username if authentication is enabled, provide the username for smtp account, typically the full email address (use authentication only) enter password enter the password associated with the smtp username \[7] enter sender's email address specify the email address that will appear as the sender of emails from the lem system this is a required field \[8] enter sender email name enter the name associated with the sender's email address (e g , litmus edge manager) \[9] send test email after configuring the settings, click the send test email button to verify the configuration a pop up window will appear, prompting a recipient email address upon clicking send , the system will attempt to send a test email to the specified address a notification will indicate whether the test email was sent successfully or failed \[10] save click the save button to apply and save the email configuration settings important if an email account (e g , gmail, outlook com) has mfa enabled, an app password may need to be generated and used instead of a regular password gmail app passwords to create an app password for gmail , follow the instructions provided by google sign in with app passwords 2 step verification must be enabled for the google account first outlook com/office 365 app passwords for outlook com or office 365 accounts with mfa enabled, an app password may need to be created refer to the following resources for guidance evermap tutorial microsoft support