Sending Email Alerts

When BarTender generates an error or warning message, you can have an email message delivered to your inbox that notifies you of its occurrence. The message information includes the following details (sections), in this order: Date, Time, Message Number, Message Type, Message Category, Response to Message, and Message Body.

When setting up these alerts, you can specify one of the following delivery formats:

To receive alerts, you must configure the outgoing mail server and specify one or more recipients by using the Alert Setup dialog.

ClosedTo enable email alerts

  1. From the Administer menu, select Alert Setup to open the Alert Setup dialog.

  2. On the E-Mail tab, click to select the Enable E-Mail check box.

  3. For Mail System, select the email protocol that you want to use to send the messages.

  4. Click Setup to configure the outgoing mail server and to enter credentials, and then click OK to return to the Alert Setup dialog.

  5. In the To field, enter one or more recipients for the alerts, separated by semicolons.

  6. For Output Type, select the desired delivery format.

  7. To manually select the messages that will trigger a notification, click Select Messages to open the Select Messages: Email Alerts dialog.

  8. Click to select the messages that you want to trigger a notification, and then click OK to return to the Alert Setup dialog.

  9. Click OK to close the Alert Setup dialog.