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	The following is a technical guide on setting up emails through (e.g.) SendGrid for each of the products		The following is a technical guide on setting up emails through (e.g.) SendGrid for each of the products

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The following is a technical guide on setting up emails through (e.g.) SendGrid for each of the products

=== PORTAL ===

Already works with SendGrid
smtp.sendgrid.net
through client's own API key

{{Warning}} Add details of how this is set up here

=== EPOD ===

Already works with SendGrid

Has been changed to support SendGrid in 2023

{{Warning}} Add details of how this is set up here
* AutoImport
* AutoExport
* Admin System

=== CTMS ===
The system can be configured with the following parameters:

{| class="wikitable apt-searchable" border="1"
| SMTP_PRIMARY || Primary Mail Server || SYSTEM || The IP address or base URL of the email server e.g. 192.168.0.1, smtp.sendgrid.net
|-
| SMTP_SENDER || Email Sender address || SYSTEM || The email address of the sender, usually something like noreply@emailserver.com
|-
| SMTP_SECONDARY || Secondary Mail Server || SYSTEM ||
|-
| SMTP_TRIP_SENDER || Trip Email Sender address || SYSTEM || The email address of the sender, usually something like noreply@emailserver.com
|-
| SMTP_ORDER_SENDER || Order Email Sender address || SYSTEM || The email address of the sender, usually something like noreply@emailserver.com
|-
| SMTP_ORD_CONF_SENDER || Ord Conf Email Sender Address || COST_CENTRE || The email address of the sender, usually something like noreply@emailserver.com
|-
| SMTP_USER || STMP Username || SYSTEM || The username to connect to the email servers above. This may be the email address, or may be a different account user.
|-
| SMTP_PASSWORD || SMTP password || SYSTEM || The password or passkey.
|-
| SMTP_PORT_NUMBER || SMTP Port Number || SYSTEM || For SMTP, usually 25, for secure 587.
|}

=== WMS ===
{{Warning}} Unknown as yet.

=== CALIDUS-E ===
{{Warning}} Unknown as yet.

Response so far:
On Unix we use mailx and in the browser we use SMTP server

Mailx seems to support the required flags as per example below:

<pre>
mailx -v -s "$EMAIL_SUBJECT" \
-S smtp-use-starttls \
-S ssl-verify=ignore \
-S smtp-auth=login \
-S smtp=smtp://smtp.sendgrid.org:587 \
-S from="$FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS($FRIENDLY_NAME)" \
-S smtp-auth-user=$FROM_EMAIL_ADDRESS \
-S smtp-auth-password=$EMAIL_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD \
-S ssl-verify=ignore \
-S nss-config-dir=~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/ \
$TO_EMAIL_ADDRESS
</pre>

Awaiting confirmation as to whether this is actually used in CALE

== Feasibility ==

In all cases, we would look to the customer to provide and fund the SendGrid purchases.

However, in the case where we are obliged to send emails on their behalf, then this seems to be one of the cheapest alternatives.

Assuming 50K emails per month:
* https://www.authsmtp.com/ $385pcy or $32pcm
* https://sendgrid.com/en-us/pricing $19.95 pcm

We would have to front the cost in this case.

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