About email settings

You can send email from Sage 100 Contractor:

  • Using Microsoft Outlook.
  • Using the company's default SMTP connection.
  • Using an alternate SMTP connection.

You use the Email Settings window to select your preference.

Open the Email Settings window in one of these ways:

  • In a Report Printing window:

    1. On the toolbar, click the Email button.

    2. In the Email Distribution window that opens, click the Email Settings button.

  • In the 7-6 Alerts Manager, click the Email Settings button.

  • In the Dispatch Board , click Settings > Email Setup.

To send email using Microsoft Outlook:

  1. In the Email Settings window, select the Send email using Microsoft Outlook option.
  2. In the Email Address box, type an email address.

To send email using the company's default SMTP connection:

  1. In the Email Settings window, select the Send email using the company's default SMTP connection option.
  2. In the Email Address box, type an email address.
  3. In the Password box, type the password.

Note:

If you have set up an email server, the IP address is displayed in the Mail Server field, and you cannot change it.

If you have not set up an email server, the Mail Server field is blank. You must set up the mail server using the Email/Fax Configuration tab in the 7-1 Company Information window. How?

To send email using this alternate SMTP connection:

  1. In the Email Settings window, select the Send email using this alternate SMTP connection option.

  2. Enter your mail server information.

    1. In the Mail Server text box, enter the name of the email server.

    2. In the Port# box, type the email server port number.

    3. If the Internet service provider (ISP) service handling your email service requires user authentication, select Requires authentication.

    4. Select Uses SSL for email, if your ISP requires it.

  3. In the Email Address box, type an email address.

  4. (Optional) In the Password box, type the password.