This section contains a number of settings relating to email functions:
Send outgoing emails using
Choose whether MIDAS should send emails via the server's built in "Sendmail" program (if available), or via an external SMTP relay.
Important: Incorrect settings here will prevent email from being sent from your MIDAS system
Sendmail
If "Sendmail" is selected, you must specify the location of where Sendmail resides on your server, for example
/usr/sbin/sendmail
If Sendmail is not available on your server, you should choose the SMTP option instead for sending outgoing email from your MIDAS.
SMTP
If "SMTP" is selected, you will need to specify your organization's SMTP host (i.e. smtp.yourdomain.com). Additionally, if your SMTP host requires a username/password for authentication, you can specify these credentials.
By default, connections to the specified SMTP server will be made on Port 25. To use a different port, append the port number to the end of your SMTP host (i.e. smtp.yourdomain.com:port)
If your SMTP server requires a SSL connection, select the SSL option. This will then attempt to securely connect to your SMTP host on Port 465. To use a different port, append the port number to the end of your SMTP host preceded by a colon character.
If your SMTP server requires a TLS connection, select the TLS option. This will then attempt to connect to your SMTP host on Port 587. To use a different port, append the port number to the end of your SMTP host after a colon.
If your SMTP server requires a STARTTLS connection, select the STARTTLS option. This will then attempt to connect to your SMTP host on Port 587. To use a different port, append the port number to the end of your SMTP host after a colon.
MIDAS Generated Emails Appear From
Important: An incorrectly formatted/missing email address in this field will likely prevent email from being sent from your MIDAS system
This is the email address from which any outgoing system initiated (as opposed to user initiated) e-mails will appear to be sent from.
For example, a password reset request, or notification of a submitted booking request would appear sent from this address. Whereas a booking confirmation or an emailed invoice would appear from the email address associated with the account of the user who confirmed the booking/emailed the invoice.
Whilst this setting doesn't have to be a real email address (i.e. you could use a generic noreply@yourorganization.com address for example), it does need to be a properly formatted email address. If this email address is blank, or improperly formatted, MIDAS may be unable to send automated emails and/or they may not reach their intended recipients.
BCC outgoing email to
This field allows you to enter an e-mail address to which e-mail (excluding generated notifications) sent by your users through MIDAS will be BCC'd (Blind Carbon Copied) to. This setting may be of use to administrators to keep track of outgoing e-mails, or for archiving purposes.
Attempt to reduce email volume by automatically combining similar emails?
If selected, MIDAS will attempt to collate multiple outgoing email notifications for any given client which are similar in nature. For example, if you were to "
Bulk Reject" a series of booking requests, instead of each requestor being sent an individual email notification per booking request of theirs that's been rejected, MIDAS will combine all these notifications into a single email notification to the requestor.
Please note: If your MIDAS is cloud-hosted and also configured to send outgoing email via the "Sendmail" option, MIDAS will always automatically attempt to combine similar emails where possible