Send emails from a workflow
To send emails from a workflow, you need to add a Mail task in it. Before this, make sure that you configured the email settings in FA Back correctly:
Go to the Preference → Administration → Email settings section in FA Back and fill in the fields:
Field
Description
Type
Encryption type –
SSL/TLSorNET.Protocol
Email protocol, for example,
smtp.Host
Mail server address.
Port
The port number the mail server uses.
Default sender email address
Email address used for sending emails.
STARTTLS
Checkbox, checked if using the StartTLS process.
TLS
Checkbox, checked if using the TLS process.
SMTP authentication
Checkbox, checked if authentication with user name and password is required.
User name
User name to log into the mail server if authentication is required.
Password
Password to log into the mail server if authentication is required.
Contact your FA support to restart Flowable to take into account these email settings for your processes.
Configure the Mail task in your process to send emails. To learn more about the task configuration, see Flowable documentation on Flowable site.