Set
up SMTP mail server
The very first step you
need to do is to set up a Simple Mail Transfer protocol (SMTP) in your
environment. Just you need to follow the following procedure.
- Install the SMTP ServerInstall the SMTP server on a computer that is running Window Server. The following steps are applicable if you are using Windows Server 2012.
o
Click the Manage menu and then click Add
Roles and Features.
o
New window will open, Click Next in Before you begin page.
o
The Select
installation type Select the Role-base or feature-based installation option
and then, click next.
o
The Select
destination server page is displayed. Select the server on which you want
to install the SMTP sever. Click Next.
o
The Select
server role page is displayed. Click Next.
o
The Select
Features window is displayed. Click the SMTP Server check box.
o
A window is displayed that asks whether
you want to add role services and features for the SMTP server. Click Add Features.
o
The Select
Features page is redisplayed. Click Next.
o
The Web
Server (IIS) page is displayed. Click Next.
o
The Select Role Services page is
displayed. Click Next.
o
The Confirm
Installation Services page is displayed. Click Install.
- Configure
the SMTP serverUse following steps to configure the SMTP server to use integrated Windows authentication.
o
Go to Administrative
Tools.
o
Click Internet
Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Manager to open IIS Manager.
o
In
the left pane, select the name of your server.
o
In the right pane, right-click [SMTP Virtual Server #1] and then click Properties.
o The [SMTP Virtual Server #1] Properties window is displayed. Click the Access tab.
o Click the Authentication button.
o The Authentication window
is displayed. Select the Integrated Windows Authentication check box. Click OK.
o The Access tab
is redisplayed. Click the Relay button.
o The Relay Restrictions window
is displayed. Select the Allow all computers which successfully authenticate to relay,
regardless of the list above check
box. Click OK.
o The [SMTP Virtual Server #1] Properties window is redisplayed. Click OK to close the window.
- Go to Services. You have to change some properties of SMTP services.
o
Go to services in
start menu, find Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP).
o
Right click on Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP),
new window will open.Now go to Log On tab check Local System account and Allow
services to interact with desktop.
- Create a unique port (Optional)
Now you need to create a specific port that you can use for email.
Note: The default port is 25 for
mail configuration, if the default port is not working then try to create
different port by using following steps.
o Search
firewall with Advanced Security in
start and click.
o
Right click on Inbound Rules, select Create new Rule.
o
New window will open
select Port, click next.
o
Give an specific
port number e.g. 587 and click next.
o
For Action step check, Allow the connection and click Next.
o
Click next for Profile step, and in Name step give an unique name to port.
- Connect Microsoft Dynamics AX to the
SMTP mail server
Use the following procedure to connect Microsoft Dynamics Ax to the SMTP mail server.
o
Open the Microsoft
Dynamics AX client.
o
Click System administration > Setup > System > E-mail
parameters.
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In the Outgoing
mail server field, enter the name of the computer on which you
installed the SMTP server.
o
In the Local
computer name field, enter the name of the local computer.
o
In the SMTP
port number field, enter the port number to use with SMTP. The default
port number is 25.
o
If the SMTP server
requires authentication, enter a valid username and password.
o
Select the Use
NTLM check box.
o
In the Attachment
size limit (MB) field, enter a size limit for email attachments.
o
The max buffer size registry
key also limits the acceptable size for email attachments. If the size that you
enter in this field exceeds the maximum buffer size, the maximum buffer size
limit will apply.
o
In the Allow
embedded data and attached files from field, enter or browse to the
location where email attachments or other embedded data in an email is stored.
Use batch processing to send email messages
- Create a batch groupA batch job, which is named E-mail Distributor Batch Job, is used to send email messages that are generated from Microsoft Dynamics AX. The batch job must run within the context of a batch group. Complete the following steps to create a batch group for the E-mail Distributor Batch Job.
o
Click System
administration > Setup > Batch group.
o
Click New to
create a new batch group.
o
In the Group field,
enter a unique name for the batch group. For example, enter Email.
o
In the Description field,
enter a description to help you identify the batch group.
o
Click the Batch
servers tab.
o
The Selected
servers list displays the AOS instances that the batch group runs on.
The Remaining servers list displays the remaining AOS
instances that are available as batch servers.
o
Use the arrow buttons
to add servers to the Selected Servers list or to remove
servers from the Selected Servers list.
- Configure the batch jobComplete the following steps to configure the E-mail Distributor Batch Job.
o
Click System
administration > Periodic > E-mail
processing > Batch.
o
Select the Batch
processing check box.
o
In the Task
description field, enter a description for this batch job.
o
In the Batch
group list, select the batch group that you created in the previous
procedure.
o
Select the Private check
box if you want to restrict other users from running this batch job. A private
batch job can be run only by the user who specified it and only on the computer
where the user is logged on.
o
Click Recurrence to
specify how often this batch job will run.
o
Click Alerts to
send notifications when this batch job ends, has an error, or is canceled.
static void EmailTestJob(Args _args)- Create a new job in AX to test email (Use the following code)
{
SysEmailParameters parameters = SysEmailParameters::find();
SMTPRelayServerName relayServer;
SMTPPortNumber portNumber;
SMTPUserName userName;
SMTPPassword password;
Str1260 subject,body;
InteropPermission interopPermission;
SysMailer mailer;
System.Exception e;
UserGroupList _UserGroupList;
SysUserInfo _sysuser;
container con;
int i=0;
str reciever;
Str 30 _emailAlert;//SysEmailParameters_MailAlert
if (parameters.SMTPRelayServerName)
{
relayServer = parameters.SMTPRelayServerName;
}
else
{
relayServer = parameters.SMTPServerIPAddress;
portNumber = parameters.SMTPPortNumber;
userName = parameters.SMTPUserName;
password = SysEmailParameters::password();
subject = "Subject line for the email";
body = "Body of the email";
CodeAccessPermission::revertAssert();
}
try
{
interopPermission = new InteropPermission(InteropKind::ComInterop);
interopPermission.assert();
mailer = new SysMailer();
mailer.SMTPRelayServer(relayServer,portNumber,userName,password, parameters.NTLM);
//instantiate email
mailer.fromAddress(userName);
MAILER.TOS().appendAddress("User@DomainName.com");
MAILER.SUBJECT(SUBJECT);
MAILER.HTMLBODY(BODY);
MAILER.SENDMAIL();
CODEACCESSPERMISSION::REVERTASSERT();
MAILER.TOS().CLEAR();
info("Email has been sent");
}
catch (Exception::CLRError)
{
e = ClrInterop::getLastException();
while (e)
{
info(e.get_Message());
e = e.get_InnerException();
}
}
CodeAccessPermission::revertAssert();
info ("Failed to Send Email some Error occur");
}
