Entering or editing SMTP options

To send email through SMTP, you must supply information about the sender and the SMTP server in the SMTP Options dialog box. You see this dialog box whenever you choose SMTP Server or click Specify (when SMTP Server is selected) in the Send Mail dialog box. FileMaker Pro uses this information whenever you send email through SMTP. You do not have to enter it each time you send mail.

•	To create a script that sends email, choose Scripts menu > Script Workspace. In the Script Workspace window, click . In the script editing pane, add the Send Mail script step, click , then click Specify.

Note To specify a calculation that generates content for a field, click Specify next to the field, create the calculation, then click OK.

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Name	Enter the name of the email sender (for example, your name). This name appears in the From field of your outgoing messages.
E-mail Address	Enter the email address from which outgoing mail will be sent (for example, Me@MyCompany.com).
Reply-To Address	Enter the email address to which incoming replies will be sent. This can be different from the outgoing address (for example, You@MyCompany.com). If you do not enter a reply-to address, replies will be sent to the outgoing address.
Outgoing SMTP Server	Enter the name of the SMTP server from which email will be sent.
Server Port	Keep the default 25, or enter a different number (such as X.400), to specify the port number to connect to on the SMTP server.
Connection encryption	Choose None if you do not need a secure connection, choose SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) if your email requires a secure connection, or choose TLS (Transport Layer Security) to allow both secure and nonsecure connections over the same port (the actual connection encryption depends on the SMTP server’s configuration).
Authentication	Keep the default None (to require no login authentication on the SMTP server), or choose Plain Password (for no password encryption) or Cram‑MD5 (for password encryption).
User Name	(Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a user ID to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server. (For information about criteria for user names, see Tips for creating account names and passwords.)
Password	(Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a password to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server. (For information about criteria for passwords, see Tips for creating account names and passwords.)

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Name

Enter the name of the email sender (for example, your name). This name appears in the From field of your outgoing messages.

E-mail Address

Enter the email address from which outgoing mail will be sent (for example, Me@MyCompany.com).

Reply-To Address

Enter the email address to which incoming replies will be sent. This can be different from the outgoing address (for example, You@MyCompany.com). If you do not enter a reply-to address, replies will be sent to the outgoing address.

Outgoing SMTP Server

Enter the name of the SMTP server from which email will be sent.

Server Port

Keep the default 25, or enter a different number (such as X.400), to specify the port number to connect to on the SMTP server.

Connection encryption

Choose None if you do not need a secure connection, choose SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) if your email requires a secure connection, or choose TLS (Transport Layer Security) to allow both secure and nonsecure connections over the same port (the actual connection encryption depends on the SMTP server’s configuration).

Authentication

Keep the default None (to require no login authentication on the SMTP server), or choose Plain Password (for no password encryption) or Cram‑MD5 (for password encryption).

User Name

(Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a user ID to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server. (For information about criteria for user names, see Tips for creating account names and passwords.)

Password

(Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a password to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server. (For information about criteria for passwords, see Tips for creating account names and passwords.)