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Monday, 13 August 2012

Configure Outgoing Email Settings in SharePoint 2010


Configure outgoing e-mail for a farm

You can configure outgoing e-mail for a farm by using the SharePoint Central Administration Web site or by using the Stsadm command-line tool. Use the following procedures to configure outgoing e-mail. After you complete the procedures, end users can track changes and updates to individual site collections. In addition, site administrators can, for example, receive notices when users request access to a site.

To configure outgoing e-mail for a farm by using Central Administration

1.      Verify that you have the following administrative credentials: You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration Web site.
2.      In Central Administration, click System Settings.
3.      On the System Settings page, in the E-Mail and Text Messages (SMS) section, click Configure outgoing e-mail settings.
4.      On the Outgoing E-Mail Settings page, in the Mail Settings section, type the SMTP server name for outgoing e-mail (for example, mail.example.com) in the Outbound SMTP server box.
5.      In the From address box, type the e-mail address as you want it to be displayed to e-mail recipients.
6.      In the Reply-to address box, type the e-mail address to which you want e-mail recipients to reply.
7.      In the Character set list, select the character set that is appropriate for your language.
8.      Click OK.

To configure outgoing e-mail for a farm by using the Stsadm command-line tool

1.      Verify that you have the following administrative credentials: You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.
2.      On the drive on which SharePoint Products and Technologies is installed, change to the following directory: %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\14\Bin.
3.      Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
stsadm -o email
-outsmtpserver <SMTP server name>
-fromaddress <valid e-mail address>
-replytoaddress <valid e-mail address>
-codepage <valid code page>
Example
stsadm -o email -outsmtpserver mail.example.com -fromaddress someone@example.com -replytoaddress someone@example.com -codepage 65001
For more information, see Email: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=150045).

Configure outgoing e-mail for a specific Web application

You can configure outgoing e-mail for a specific Web application by using the Central Administration Web site or by using the Stsadm command-line tool. Use the following procedures to configure outgoing e-mail. After you complete the procedures, end users can track changes and updates to individual site collections. In addition, site administrators can, for example, receive notices when users request access to a site.

Note:
If you want to configure outgoing e-mail for a specific Web application, you must first configure the default outgoing e-mail for all Web applications in the farm. If you configure the outgoing e-mail for a specific Web application, that configuration will override the default configuration for all Web applications in the farm.

To configure outgoing e-mail for a specific Web application by using Central Administration

1.      Verify that you have the following administrative credentials: You must be a member of the Farm Administrators group on the computer that is running the SharePoint Central Administration Web site.
2.      In Central Administration, in the Application Management section, click Manage web applications.
3.      On the Web Applications Management page, select a Web application, and then in the General Settings group on the Ribbon, click Outgoing E-mail.
4.      On the Web Application Outgoing E-Mail Settings page, in the Mail Settings section, type the SMTP server name for outgoing e-mail (for example, mail.fabrikam.com) in the Outbound SMTP server box.
5.      In the From address box, type the e-mail address (for example, the site administrator alias) as you want it to be displayed to e-mail recipients.
6.      In the Reply-to address box, type the e-mail address (for example, a help desk alias) to which you want e-mail recipients to reply.
7.      In the Character set list, click the character set that is appropriate for your language.
8.      Click OK.

To configure outgoing e-mail for a specific Web application by using the Stsadm command-line tool

1.      Verify that you have the following administrative credentials: You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.
2.      On the drive on which SharePoint Products and Technologies is installed, change to the following directory: %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\14\Bin.
3.      Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
stsadm -o email
-outsmtpserver <SMTP server name>
-fromaddress <valid e-mail address>
-replytoaddress <valid e-mail address>
-codepage <valid code page>
[-url <URL name> ]
Example
stsadm -o email -outsmtpserver mail.example.com -fromaddress someone@example.com -replytoaddress someone@example.com -codepage 65001 -url http://server_name
For more information, see Email: Stsadm operation (Office SharePoint Server) (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=150045).

Reference : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263462.aspx

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