Author: ppenicka
Date: 2013-02-04 17:22:33 -0500 (Mon, 04 Feb 2013)
New Revision: 9113
Modified:
epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/EMailServiceConfiguration.xml
epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/Revision_History.xml
Log:
BZ#907639 - incorporated changes from
https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/GTNPORTAL35/Send+mail+to+administra...
into the Installation Guide.
Modified: epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/EMailServiceConfiguration.xml
===================================================================
---
epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/EMailServiceConfiguration.xml 2013-02-04
04:54:26 UTC (rev 9112)
+++
epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/EMailServiceConfiguration.xml 2013-02-04
22:22:33 UTC (rev 9113)
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
<section
id="sect-Reference_Guide-EMail_Service_Configuration-Overview">
<title>Overview</title>
<para>JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform includes an e-mail sending service that
needs to be configured
- before it can function properly. This service, for instance, is used to send E-mails
to users who forgot
+ before it can function properly. This service is used to send e-mails to users who
forgot
their password or username.</para>
</section>
<section
id="sect-Reference_Guide-EMail_Service_Configuration-Parameters">
- <title>Configure Outgoing E-mail Account</title>
+ <title>Configuring Outgoing E-mail Account</title>
<para>The e-mail service can use any SMTP account configured in
<filename><replaceable>JBOSS_HOME</replaceable>/server/<replaceable>PROFILE</replaceable>/conf/gatein/configuration.properties</filename></para>
<para>The relevant section looks like:</para>
@@ -25,11 +25,47 @@
gatein.email.smtp.auth=true
gatein.email.smtp.socketFactory.port=465
gatein.email.smtp.socketFactory.class=javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory</programlisting>
- <para>The email service is pre-configured for GMail, so that any GMail account
can be used with minimal configuration. Simply enter the full GMail address
- as the username and fill in the corresponding password.</para>
- <para>In corporate environments you will want to use your corporate SMTP
gateway. When using it over SSL,
- such as in the default configuration, you may need to configure a certificate
truststore containing your SMTP server's
- public certificate. Depending on the key sizes, you may then also need to install
Java Cryptography Extension (JCE)
- Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files for your Java Runtime
Environment.</para>
+ <para>The email service is pre-configured for GMail, so that any GMail account
can be used with minimal configuration. To use a GMail account to send the e-mails, simply
enter the full GMail address as the username and fill in the corresponding
password.</para>
+ <para>In corporate environments, it is recommended to use a corporate SMTP
gateway. When using it over SSL (the default configuration), you need to configure a
certificate truststore containing your SMTP server's public certificate.
Depending on the key sizes, you may then also need to install Java Cryptography Extension
(JCE) Unlimited Strength Jurisdiction Policy Files for your Java Runtime
Environment.</para>
</section>
+
+ <section id="sid-55379065">
+
+ <title><remark>BZ#907639 </remark>E-mail Notifications on User
Registration</title>
+ <remark>This section incorporates the content located at
https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/GTNPORTAL35/Send+mail+to+administra...
</remark>
+ <para>The e-mail service can be used to send notification e-mails when a new
user registers with the portal. Such notifications may be helpful to portal
administrators, especially when the portal has a public registration page.</para>
+ <para>Sending of notification e-mails about new registered users is disabled by
default. To enable the notifications, perform the following configuration
procedure:</para>
+ <procedure>
+ <title>Enabling New User Notification E-mails</title>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Configure an SMTP account as described in
+ <xref
linkend="sect-Reference_Guide-EMail_Service_Configuration-Parameters"/>.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Configure the <systemitem>PostRegistrationService</systemitem> in
the
+
<filename>GATEIN_HOME/gatein/gatein.ear/portal.war/WEB-INF/conf/admin/admin-configuration.xml</filename>
configuration file. At minimum, the following two parameters need to be altered:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis
role="strong">sendMailAfterRegistration</emphasis>
+ - boolean value determining if e-mail notifications about new registered
users are enabled. It is <literal>false</literal> by default and needs to be
changed to <literal>true</literal> for the e-mail notifications to be sent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis role="strong">mailTo</emphasis>
+ - e-mail address to which the notifications are sent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>Test the configuration by restarting the server and registering a
new user in the JBoss Portal Platform user interface. An e-mail will be sent to the
specified e-mail address, notifying the recipient that a new user has been registered to
the portal.</para>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
+ </section>
</section>
Modified: epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/Revision_History.xml
===================================================================
--- epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/Revision_History.xml 2013-02-04
04:54:26 UTC (rev 9112)
+++ epp/docs/branches/6.0/Installation_Guide/en-US/Revision_History.xml 2013-02-04
22:22:33 UTC (rev 9113)
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@
<simpara>
<revhistory>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>6.0.0-5</revnumber>
+ <date>Mon Feb 04 2013</date>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Petr</firstname>
+ <surname>Penicka</surname>
+ <email/>
+ </author>
+ <revdescription>
+ <simplelist>
+ <member>BZ#907639 - incorporated changes from
https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/GTNPORTAL35/Send+mail+to+administra...
into the Installation Guide.</member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>6.0.0-1</revnumber>
<date>Fri Oct 12 2012</date>
<author>