Many Web site and administrative functions as well as errors trigger an automatic e-mail in the system. Certain basic settings are necessary to do this. You can manage these on the E-Mail page in Settings. These options allow you to set the connection parameters for all e-mail messages generated by the system. All e-mail functions, for example newsletters and messages generated and sent on the individual levels utilize the server listed here to send e-mail messages.The various fields have the following meanings:Table 10: Fields for e-mail settings
Save your entries by clicking Save.The E-mails per batch and Interval between batches fields determine how the mail server behaves when sending mass e-mails. Such mass e-mail distribution can occur, for example, when the administrator sends a newsletter or status change notifications. Sending large amounts of data and/or many e-mail messages at once can cause serious mail server errors. Use the previously described fields to avoid these errors.In the Messages per Batch field, you can set how many e-mail messages are sent in succession. Your mail server will only receive the number of e-mail messages listed in this field and will send those. The length of the pause used between packets of mail is defined in the Delay between Batches field in seconds.
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