The Dashboard requires a mail server to perform the following functionality:
Users request a new user account and receive an e‑mail with account information. To send this e‑mail message requires an SMTP host running on an SMTP server. For more information authentication settings and customizing e-mail notifications, see Section 4.4.1, Self-Service User Account Creation, Authentication and Notification Settings.
Users request a forgotten password and receive an e‑mail with the password. An IMAP host and POP 3 host need to be configured to send this e‑mail. For more information about disabling this feature or customizing e-mail notifications, see Section 4.4.1, Self-Service User Account Creation, Authentication and Notification Settings
By default, the Dashboard uses localhost for the mail server location.
To configure the mail server for the Dashboard e‑mails:
Stop the Dashboard server.
For more information, see Section 2.3.2, Stopping the Dashboard.
Open the /OperationsCenter_Dashboard_install_path/server/conf/Catalina/localhost/ROOT.xml file in a text editor.
Update the mail.smtp.host, mail.imap.host and pop3.host values. In the following example, updates are made for acme.com:
<Resource
name="mail/MailSession"
auth="Container"
type="javax.mail.Session"
mail.imap.host="imap.acme.com"
mail.pop3.host="pop3.acme.com"
mail.smtp.host="webmachine.acme.com"
mail.store.protocol="imap"
mail.transport.protocol="smtp"
/>
Save the file, then restart the Dashboard server.
For more information, see Section 2.3.1, Starting the Dashboard.