Skip to content

Latest commit

 

History

History
95 lines (62 loc) · 2.86 KB

email-configuration.markdown

File metadata and controls

95 lines (62 loc) · 2.86 KB
Raw

Email configuration

User settings

To receive email notifications, users of Kanboard must have:

  • Activated notifications in their profile
  • Have a valid email address in their profile
  • Be member of the project that will trigger notifications

Note: The logged user who performs the action doesn't receive any notifications, only other project members.

Server settings

By default, Kanboard will use the bundled PHP mail function to send emails. Usually that require no configuration if your server can already send emails.

However, it's possible to use other methods, the SMTP protocol and Sendmail.

SMTP configuration

Rename the file config.default.php to config.php and change these values:

// We choose "smtp" as mail transport
define('MAIL_TRANSPORT', 'smtp');

// We define our server settings
define('MAIL_SMTP_HOSTNAME', 'mail.example.com');
define('MAIL_SMTP_PORT', 25);

// Credentials for authentication on the SMTP server (not mandatory)
define('MAIL_SMTP_USERNAME', 'username');
define('MAIL_SMTP_PASSWORD', 'super password');

It's also possible to use a secure connection, TLS or SSL:

define('MAIL_SMTP_ENCRYPTION', 'ssl'); // Valid values are "null", "ssl" or "tls"

Sendmail configuration

By default the sendmail command will be /usr/sbin/sendmail -bs but you can customize that in your config file.

Example:

// We choose "sendmail" as mail transport
define('MAIL_TRANSPORT', 'sendmail');

// If you need to change the sendmail command, replace the value
define('MAIL_SENDMAIL_COMMAND', '/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs');

The sender email address

By default, emails will use the sender address [email protected]. It's not possible to reply to this address.

You can customize this address by changing the value of the constant MAIL_FROM in your config file.

define('MAIL_FROM', '[email protected]');

That can be useful if your SMTP server configuration doesn't accept the default address.

How to display a link to the task in notifications?

To do that, you have to specify the URL of your Kanboard installation in your Application Settings. By default, nothing is defined, so no links will be displayed.

Examples:

Don't forget the ending slash /.

You need to define that manually because Kanboard cannot guess the URL from a command line script and some people have very specific configuration.

Troubleshooting

If no emails are send and you are sure that everything is configured correctly:

  • Check your spam folder
  • Enable the debug mode and check the debug file data/debug.log, you should see the exact error
  • Be sure that your server or your hosting provider allow you to send emails