BIRT Analytics supports Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send e-mail notifications.
The Configure SMTP server page allows the administrator to specify the settings for the SMTP server used for sending e‑mail notifications. To configure an SMTP server, specify the following settings:
Server
Name of the SMTP server
Port
Port on which the SMTP server listens on the network
From
E-mail account used to send the e-mail messages
User
E-mail account user name
Password
E-mail account password
Requires SSL
Select to the security protocol used to send e-mails. The following values are available:
Plain: E-mails do not use encryption.
SSL: The SMTP service uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to encrypt e-mails.
TLS: The SMTP service uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt e-mails.