{"id":949181,"date":"2020-08-05T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=949181"},"modified":"2020-08-12T08:01:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:01:59","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-1-emails","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/administration\/whats-new-in-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-1-emails","title":{"rendered":"What’s new in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1: Emails!"},"author":8152,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37501],"tags":[649221,660661],"industry":[],"product":[36571],"class_list":["post-949181","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-10-8-1","tag-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-1","product-arcgis-enterprise"],"acf":{"short_description":"New in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1 is the ability to integrate the ArcGIS Enterprise portal with your organization's SMTP server. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Introducing emails in 2020?!<\/h3>\n

One of the new capabilities in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1 is the ability to send out emails. Whether you are asking yourself “what?” or perhaps even rejoicing with a “finally!”\u00a0 –<\/em> rest assured, this blog is for you.<\/p>\n

The 10.8.1 release of the ArcGIS Enterprise portal, includes the ability to configure your Enterprise portal to send automatic email notifications by integrating with your organization’s SMTP server. This will send out emails when:<\/p>\n

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    1. A member in your organization forgets their password<\/a>. This new email workflow will send that member a temporary password reset link that they can use to reset their password after answering a security question.<\/li>\n
    2. A change is made to the password policy<\/a>. In this case an email will be sent to the designated\u00a0 administrative contacts<\/a> with details of the new password policy.<\/li>\n
    3. A user type<\/a>, licensed app, or organization capability in your ArcGIS Enterprise portal license file is approaching expiration.\u00a0 An email will be sent to the organization’s administrative contacts 90 days, 60 days, 30 days, 3 days, 2 days, and 1 day before the expiration date. This ensures you’re given plenty of time to reauthorize your ArcGIS Enterprise portal! Below is an example of this email for expiring licenses:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

       <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":965221,"id":965221,"title":"Email notification warning of an upcoming ArcGIS Enterprise portal license expiration","filename":"Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","filesize":6796,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/administration\/whats-new-in-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-1-emails\/annotation-2020-08-04-121634","alt":"Email notification warning of an upcoming ArcGIS Enterprise portal license expiration","author":"8152","description":"","caption":"Email notification warning of an upcoming ArcGIS Enterprise portal license expiration","name":"annotation-2020-08-04-121634","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":949181,"date":"2020-08-04 16:15:57","modified":"2020-08-05 14:55:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":355,"height":647,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","medium-width":143,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","medium_large-width":355,"medium_large-height":647,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","large-width":355,"large-height":647,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","1536x1536-width":355,"1536x1536-height":647,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","2048x2048-width":355,"2048x2048-height":647,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634-255x465.png","card_image-width":255,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-08-04-121634.png","wide_image-width":355,"wide_image-height":647}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

      Get started in 4 easy steps<\/h3>\n

      Step 1: Navigate to the Portal Administrator Directory<\/strong><\/p>\n

      In 10.8.1, to configure your Enterprise portal to send emails navigate to the Portal Administrator Directory<\/a>.\u00a0 Log in as a member either assigned the default administrator role or as a member assigned to a custom role<\/a> which includes the Security and Infrastructure privilege<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      Step 2: Navigate to the Email settings API<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Once signed in, navigate to System – Email settings<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is the interface you will use to configure and manage your organization’s email settings.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":951801,"id":951801,"title":"emailSettingsGif","filename":"emailSettingsGif.gif","filesize":44253,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/administration\/whats-new-in-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-1-emails\/emailsettingsgif","alt":"New email settings in the Portal Administrator Directory","author":"8152","description":"New email settings in the Portal Administrator Directory","caption":"New email settings in the Portal Administrator Directory","name":"emailsettingsgif","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":949181,"date":"2020-07-28 14:51:14","modified":"2020-07-28 14:54:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1082,"height":452,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":194,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":321,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif.gif","large-width":1082,"large-height":452,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif.gif","1536x1536-width":1082,"1536x1536-height":452,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif.gif","2048x2048-width":1082,"2048x2048-height":452,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif-826x345.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":345,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsGif.gif","wide_image-width":1082,"wide_image-height":452}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

      Step 3: Enter in your SMTP connection details<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Click on the\u00a0Update\u00a0<\/strong>operation.\u00a0 You will be presented with several parameters that you must specify to connect to your SMTP server.\u00a0 You may need to work with your IT administrative team to retrieve this information.\u00a0 You can find more details on each of these parameters here Email Settings REST API documentation<\/a>.\u00a0 Once you have filled in these parameters to connect to your SMTP server, click Configure.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":951941,"id":951941,"title":"Connecting to your SMTP Server","filename":"emailSettingsConfigured.gif","filesize":38933,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/administration\/whats-new-in-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-1-emails\/emailsettingsconfigured","alt":"Configuring the email settings","author":"8152","description":"","caption":"Configuring the settings to connect to your organization's SMTP server. ","name":"emailsettingsconfigured","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":949181,"date":"2020-07-28 15:28:08","modified":"2020-07-28 15:28:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":702,"height":548,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured.gif","medium-width":334,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured.gif","medium_large-width":702,"medium_large-height":548,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured.gif","large-width":702,"large-height":548,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured.gif","1536x1536-width":702,"1536x1536-height":548,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured.gif","2048x2048-width":702,"2048x2048-height":548,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured-596x465.gif","card_image-width":596,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/emailSettingsConfigured.gif","wide_image-width":702,"wide_image-height":548}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

      Step four: Test your SMTP connection\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      After your email settings have been saved, you will need to verify that the Enterprise portal is able to connect to and send emails through your email server.\u00a0 To do this, use the Test email settings<\/a> operation.\u00a0 Enter in an email address that you have access to in order to confirm that the test email was successfully sent and delivered.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":967401,"id":967401,"title":"testemailSettings","filename":"testemailSettings-1.gif","filesize":402159,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-enterprise\/administration\/whats-new-in-arcgis-enterprise-10-8-1-emails\/testemailsettings-2","alt":"","author":"8152","description":"","caption":"","name":"testemailsettings-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":949181,"date":"2020-08-05 19:39:43","modified":"2020-08-05 19:39:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1098,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1.gif","medium-width":398,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":504,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1.gif","large-width":1098,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1.gif","1536x1536-width":1098,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1.gif","2048x2048-width":1098,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1-709x465.gif","card_image-width":709,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/testemailSettings-1.gif","wide_image-width":1098,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

      Once you have successfully received the test email above, your Enterprise portal is ready to start sending emails.<\/p>\n

      Tips for success<\/h3>\n

      When configuring your Enterprise portal to send emails, it is important you ensure the following:<\/p>\n