Email Alerts is a powerful way to be alerted of changes that occur to files or folders in the Docsvault. Alerts option enables you to set the default settings for email alerts in Docsvault.

 

Setting up Email Alert

The first step you need to take to start using the alerts system is to configure outbound (SMTP) email server. Docsvault can use any standard SMTP server that you have access to. Enabling Client Side Alerts in Docsvault Server Manger, allows the system to notify the user to set email alerts on Task as well as on document and folder. For more information on setting up Email Alert, refer Alerts in Server Manual.

 

Task Email Alerts

Task alerts are emails sent to the users notifies them that a Task has been assigned to them.

 

Send me email alerts on task creation and changes

When a task is created or changed, an "Email Alert" is generated and delivered to the user who have chosen to receive task email alerts.

 

You can opt for not to receive any email alert if the changes are done by you.

 

File & Folder Activity Email Alerts

Email alerts are sent to owner of files ad folders when changes to documents occur. The users are allowed to specify the specific events to which they wish to get the email alerts from the Properties of any file and folder.

 

When you set Alert on a folder, Docsvault sends you an e-mail alert whenever the set event trigger on that folder or a document in that folder.

 

At a glance, you will able to see all the email alerts as shown below. You can edit the setting by double clicking on the Alert. To learn how to set an email alert, see Email Alerts under 'Working with Documents' section.

 

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