title: Email Notifications Configuration sidebar_label: Notifications description: Configure email notifications for backup job completion and other Recovery for Active Directory events with SMTP settings and templates.
Notifications Page
The Notifications page allows the configuration of notifications, which is required for sending an email when a collection (backup) job is completed. Only a user with the administrator role can configure notifications.
Click Configuration in the left pane. Then click the Notification tab on the Configuration page to open the Notification page.
Follow the steps to configure notifications.
Step 1 – Select the Enable check box to configure email notifications.
Step 2 – In the SMTP Settings section, configure the SMTP server. If the SMTP server does not require authentication, the Account name and Account password fields can be left blank.
- SMTP Server – The server and port information
- Account Name – Name of the account to use for accessing the mail server
- Account Password – Password for the account
Step 3 – Select an encryption protocol to encode the email notifications from the Encryption method drop-down menu.
Step 4 – In the Send Email As section, configure the email address and display name to use for sending email notifications.
- Email address – Create an email address to be used, for example: noreply@companyname.com
- Display name – Name to be displayed on the email notifications
Step 5 – Click the Test button to verify the notifications are configured correctly.
Step 6 – Click the Save button to save the configurations.
Notifications have been configured in the system.
NOTE: The recipients of the notification can be added from the Domains page. See the Add a Domain topic for additional information.