System mail settings

Modified on Fri, 14 Jul, 2023 at 3:15 PM

The file system-mail.properties stores several settings related to the system email server, such as the IP address and password. You should edit database related settings via the user interface. Please note that some of these properties are stored encrypted.

Property	Default value	Encrypted	Explanation
mail.smtp.host	(empty string)	yes	The address for the connection to the mail server.
mail.smtp.port	25	yes	The port for the connection to the mail server.
mail.smtp.auth	false	no	Whether the connection to the mail server must be authorized.
mail.smtp.auth.user	(empty string)	yes	User name for authenticating with the mail server. Required if mail.smtp.auth is set to true.
mail.smtp.auth.password	(empty string)	yes	Password for authenticating with the mail server. Required if mail.smtp.auth is set to true.
mail.smtp.from	(empty string)	yes	For mails sent by the system, this is the mail address displayed as the sender of the mail.
mail.smtp.sender.name	(empty string)	yes	For mails sent by the system, this is the name displayed as the sender of the mail.
mail.support.to	support@formcycle.de	yes	The mail address to which support requests are sent.
mail.support.allow.clientspecific	false	no	Whether clients are allowed to configure a different email address support requests are send to.
mail.feedback.to	feedback@formcycle.de	no	The mail address to which feedback entered by users is sent.
mail.encryption	none	no	The encryption method, allowed value are none, tls, and starttls.
use.mail	false	no	Whether the system mail server is enabled. If it is disabled, a client-specific mail server is required for sending mails.
mail.allow.utf8 7.1.0+	false	nein	Whether the mail server suppors UTF8 characters in message headers (RFC6532). This extension allows mails to be sent to international email addresses, such as 用户@例子.广告. This flag must be enabled if and only if the server supports UTF8 headers.