email Features
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 a content block is Next approver Submitted to be published Next approver Submitted to be deleted Author Published to Web site Author Declined to be published or deletedIn 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 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. To learn about customizing them, see Customizing Ektron CMS400.NET emails in the Ektron CMS400.NET Setup Manual.