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Automatic eMail Notification

Ektron CMS400.NET has an automated email system that sends emails to the proper users when an action has been, or needs to be, performed. Emails are generated when any of the following actions takes place.

email sent to

When content is

Next approver

Submitted to be published

Next approver

Submitted to be deleted

Author

Published to Web site

Author

Declined to be published or deleted

In order for users to be notified of these actions, the following criteria must be met:

Valid system email address

Enabled email notification

User email address

User email notification enabled

These values are set in the Edit User screen. See Also: Managing Users

The Tasks feature also has automatic email notification. For more information, see Task Email Notification.

Content of Automatic email

The automatic emails are stored in and received from the database. Each email consists of one string for the subject and one for the body. Ektron CMS400.NET does not currently support HTML emails, but the messages are fully customizable. For more information, see Customizing Ektron CMS400.NET email.

(continued in Customizing Ektron CMS400.NET email)


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