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Host: The SMTP server through which the emails are to be sent. Can be a host
(mail.domain.com) or an IP address. You can specify a port number as part of the
host name, for example: smtp.mandrillapp.com:465.
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Use authentication: Check if a username and password are needed to send
emails through the host.
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Start TLS: Enabled if authentication is checked. Sends emails through Transport
Layer Security (TLS), which is sometimes referred to as SSL.
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User: Enter the username used to connect to the SMTP server.
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Password: Enter the password for the above username.
Send Test Email
The Send Test Email dialog is used to generate mail output of a certain number of records and
send them to one recipient. To open this dialog, select File > Send Test Email, on the menu.
For more information about the process of sending out email and the possible settings, see
"Generating Email output" on page508.
Options for this dialog:
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Fromgroup:
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Name: Enter the name that should appear when sending emails. The name is
optional.
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Email: Enter the email address that will appear as a Sender to the email recipient. A
single email address should be written.
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Togroup:
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Email address(es): Enter one or more email addresses where the test emails are
sent. Multiple emails can be separated by semicolons (;), and can be in the same
format as above. Note that every email here will receive all the emails for the record-
range below.
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Use Litmus: Check to also send the emails to the Litmus test email set in the Email
Preferences (to go to the Email Preferences, select Window > Preferences, click
the arrow next to Email, and then click General). Disabled if no Litmus email is set.
Also see this how-to: Test your emails with Litmus.
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