Information Technology Reference
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How to do it…
Proceed with the following steps to set up an outgoing mail server:
1. Log in to JIRA as a JIRA administrator.
2. Navigate to
Administration
|
System
|
Outgoing Mail
.
3. Click on the
Configure new SMTP mail server
button.
4. Set a name for the mail server; for example, you can use the mail server's host-
name.
5. Select the
From address
field that will be used when users receive an e-mail from
JIRA.
6. Provide an
Email prefix
value, which will be added to every e-mail's subject; for
example, you can use JIRA to let users know it is coming from JIRA.
7. Select whether you will be using a custom SMTP server or either Gmail or Yahoo!
mail. If you are using Gmail or Yahoo!, make sure you select the corresponding
option and provide the access credentials. If you are using a custom SMTP server,
you will need to provide its hostname, port number, and credentials, if necessary.
8. Click on the
Test Connection
button, with the credentials provided, to make sure
JIRA is able to connect to the mail server. If the test is successful, click on the
Add
button, as shown in the following screenshot:
