Microsoft Exchange

When you select Microsoft Exchange to setup an email account in NSP the Email Account Configuration form contains the fields:

•   Account Name: Enter title for the email account you want to configure.

•   Use same for Incoming and Outgoing Email: This setting is enabled by default. Enable this setting if you want to use same email account to authenticate both the incoming and outgoing mail server. If enabled, the entered Incoming Email Address and Password will be filled in Outgoing Email Address and Password when you enter the incoming details.

•   Microsoft Exchange Version: Select version in dropdown.

•   Incoming Server: Value for this field is filled based on the service provider selected. Host defines the server used to receive emails.

•   Incoming Email Address: Enter the email address that you want to use as a support channel in NSP.

•   Password: Enter password for the configured email address account.

•   Outgoing Server: Value for this field is filled based on the service provider selected. Host defines the server used to send emails.

•   Outgoing mail address: Enter the email address that you want to use when sending. If Use same for Incoming and Outgoing Email this is the same as Incoming Email Address.

•   Password: Enter password for the configured email address account.

•   Send Type: Select send type from dropdown.

•   Service enabled: Enable this option to activate the created account. If not enabled, the account will be added to the list of accounts but will be set as not active status.

•   Mail check interval (min): Time in minutes between check for new emails.

•   Email Delimiter: The email delimiter contains a line of text that informs the email recipient that any text entered into a reply must be above a certain line in the email. Is added in the e-mail templates.

•   Group: Select group from the dropdown list to whom the ticket is assigned after conversion.

•   Outgoing email groups: Define groups that shall use this account for outgoing mail. Normally you should add at least same group here as you have specified in Group field above, if not the group will use default account for outgoing mail. Each group can be added to only one account. If group is defined in an account, this group is not selectable for other accounts. If Agent´s group is not specified in Outgoing email groups for any active email account, system will use default account as sender address.

•   Target Ticket: Select ticket type from the dropdown list to which the email gets converted after creation.

•   Form Template: Select form template from the dropdown list into which the ticket gets opened in Agent Portal after conversion. This dropdown is disabled by default. You have to select ticket type from the above dropdown list first. This list is filtered based on the selected ticket type.

•   No Email Reply: Check this checkbox to stop generating automated email replies for the received emails on the configured email address.

•   Default response template: Select template from the list that you want to apply for the automated replies generated for the received emails filtered through this rule.

•   Set as default: Check this checkbox to set the email address as default. This email address will be used as default for any type of email communication done through NSP. For example, sending alerts and notifications from NSP.

When you have filled all the necessary details in the form, click Save button to submit the details. Once the details submitted successfully, the email account will be configured in NSP.

You can also define Email Rules for the configured account but only after successful configuration. To set or update rules, you need to edit the Email Account Configuration. More on Email Rules is explained in the section Email Rules.