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Email (beta)

Send Validio notification messages as an email with rich HTML content.

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Beta Feature

Beta features represent newly added features in the product, and there is a chance of incompatible changes that impact the API and functionality in subsequent releases as we approach a stable version. As such we will not provide any advanced notice of any deprecation of functionality related to beta features.

Prerequisites for Email Notifications

The Email channel requires configuration (IP address, port number, username, password, and so on) that works with your SMTP server or service.

Add a Channel for Email Notifications

To add a new channel for Email notifications,

  1. In Validio, navigate to Notifications > Channels and click + New Channel.
  2. Select the Namespace where the channel will be created.
  3. Under Configuration, fill in the following information. Refer to Email configuration parameters.
    1. From the Channel type list, select Email.
    2. Enter the Name and Application Link URL.
  4. Under SMTP Server, enter the Server name and Port number.
  5. Under Security and Authentication,
    1. Choose a Connection security.
    2. (Optional) Enter a Username and Password for the email account.
  6. Under Sender and Recipients, provide valid email addresses.
  7. (Optional) Check Interactive Message to include interactive elements in the notification message.
  8. (Optional) Test channel the channel.
  9. Click Create.

Email Configuration Parameters

Parameter

Description

Name

Display name for the email channel.

Application Link URL

The URL for your Validio application instance, which will be used to send notifications. For example, https://my-company.validio.io

Server name

IP or DNS address of the SMTP server. For example, smtp-relay.my-company.com

Port

Port number where the SMTP server runs. For example, 465.

Connection Security

Choose the encryption type: None, StartTLS, or SSL TSL.

  • None--Messages will be sent in plain text.
  • StartTLS--The connection will use the SMTP StartTLE to negotiate a TLS connection.
  • SSL TLS--Connection will use TLS for message encryption.

Username

(Optional) Identifier for the user account used to log into the SMTP server. Depending on the SMTP provider, this value may be in the form of an API token or an email address.

Password

(Optional) Password of the specified user account to log into the SMTP server.

Sender Address

Email address to be used to send email. This will be the value of the From field of the sent email messages.

Recipients

One or more recipient addresses. This will be the value of the To field of the sent email messages.

Interactive Message

If enabled, interactive elements such as images will be included in the sent email messages. Otherwise, the email messages will contain only text.

Updated about 8 hours ago