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 The Stages e-mail notification service informs Stages users about new news application entries and the assignment of new roles. Also Stages can schedule certain tasks such as the creation of a process version, if a notification server has been configured. The task will then be queued and the user will be informed once it is finished. The Stages e-mail notification service informs Stages users about new news application entries and the assignment of new roles. Also Stages can schedule certain tasks such as the creation of a process version, if a notification server has been configured. The task will then be queued and the user will be informed once it is finished.
  
-Before using this notification service, a few configuration parameters must be set in the ''<font inherit/Courier New,Courier,monospace;;inherit;;inherit><PKITHOME>/WEBINF/conf/PKitConfig.xml</font>''  configuration file.+Before using this notification service, a few configuration parameters must be set in the ''<font inherit/Courier New,Courier,monospace;;inherit;;inherit><STAGESHOME>/conf/config.xml</font>''  configuration file.
  
 Example: Example:
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 <code> <code>
 <notification> <notification>
- <!-- url of Stages server --> + <!-- URL of Stages server -->
  <serverurl>http://stages.example.com:8080</serverurl>  <serverurl>http://stages.example.com:8080</serverurl>
- <!-- name of SMTP server where e-mail can be delivered --> 
  
 + <!-- hostname of SMTP server where e-mail can be delivered -->
  <mailserver>mail.example.com</mailserver>  <mailserver>mail.example.com</mailserver>
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  <!-- address that should be used as the "Reply-To:" header -->  <!-- address that should be used as the "Reply-To:" header -->
- <replyto>stages-support@methodpark.de</replyto>+ <replyto>noreply@yourdomain.com</replyto> 
  <!--address that should be used as the "From:" header -->  <!--address that should be used as the "From:" header -->
- <sender>Stages Notification Service <stagessupport@methodpark.de></sender>+ <sender>Stages Notification Service <noreply@yourdomain.com></sender> 
  <!-- interval for "ASAP" notifications in minutes -->  <!-- interval for "ASAP" notifications in minutes -->
  <minimumInterval>120</minimumInterval>  <minimumInterval>120</minimumInterval>
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 </notification> </notification>
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 </code> </code>
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 +To use encrytped communication with the mail server via STARTTLS please proceed as follows:
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 +  * Windows:
 +      * Open file "<Stages installation path>\stages\config.bat"
 +      * Add the red colored setting to the line: //set JAVA_OPTS=<font inherit/inherit;;#e74c3c;;inherit>-Dmail.smtp.port=587 -Dmail.smtp.starttls.enable=true</font>//
 +      * Open a cmd with administrative permissions and navigate to folder "<Stages installation path>\stages\bin"
 +      * Reinstall the Stages service: **reinstallService.bat**
 +      * Restart Stages service: **net start stages**
 +  * Linux:
 +      * Open file "<Stages installation path>/stages/bin/rc.conf"
 +      * Add the red colored seeting to the line: //CONF_JAVA_OPTS=<font inherit/inherit;;#e74c3c;;inherit>-Dmail.smtp.port=587 -Dmail.smtp.starttls.enable=true</font>//
 +      * Restart the Stages service:** stages restart**