Simul dispatches several types of emails including:

• navigate_next Account verification emails
• navigate_next Notifications of new documents and revisions
• navigate_next Messages received by the Contact form
• navigate_next Errors sent to the administrator

Because of this, emails are mandatory to Simul's function. If you have not correctly set the SMTP settings for Simul, all outgoing emails will be added to a queue and eventually sent.

To prevent sending a large amount of emails, ensure the SMTP settings are configured and tested before inviting users to the platform.

To set Simul's SMTP server, select "SMTP" in the Simul Enterprise management application:

Enter the configuration for the following:

• navigate_next Administrator Email: This email address will receive notifications from the contact form and unhandled errors
• navigate_next SMTP Server: The server responsible for delivering the emails. By default, Simul will attempt to connect via port 527, you can specify a custom port like so: smtp.yourcompany.com:25
• navigate_next From Address: Where appropriate, the reply-to address will be set to a user who triggered an email. If none is present, then emails will be dispatched from this address
• navigate_next SMTP Username: A username to access to SMTP server
• navigate_next SMTP Password: A password to access to SMTP server
• navigate_next Simul URL: Emails often contain hyperlinks back to Simul. Simul Documents will respond to any hostname which resolves to its server. You must set the url you would like users to see / access from emails

Once configured, press "Update".

Applying Settings

Any updates to Simul's configuration are not effective until an administrator applies them. This includes if the system is restarted.

After making changes of any kind, an indicator will appear on the "Status" tab in the navigation of the management application:

This icon indicates there are pending configuration changes which are yet to take effect.

To apply the changes, select "Status" in the management application and you will see a message like so:

By clicking "Apply Settings" Simul will be restarted with the modified configuration. Please be aware this involves a short outage (around 1 minute) for end users.