topic Mail mechanism robust? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/mail-mechanism-robust/m-p/287435#M240565 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi all,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>i'm using Alfresco Community 4.2.c and i've successfully configured Alfresco to send email.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Now i'm thinking to notify another system about the document archived in a certain folder, something like 'if a document is uploaded here then send an email to…'.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I really like this approach because it has no effort and it's really simple to implement.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>My only doubt is if the mail mechanism is robust in Alfresco: if the mail server is down what will happen? Does Alfresco have a sort of queue of the email to send?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've searched in the official documentation but i didn't find what i was looking for…i retrieved only the configuration explanation…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance to anyone who have some informations and want to share!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:23:21 GMT dave984 2015-06-24T10:23:21Z Mail mechanism robust? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/mail-mechanism-robust/m-p/287435#M240565 Hi all,i'm using Alfresco Community 4.2.c and i've successfully configured Alfresco to send email.Now i'm thinking to notify another system about the document archived in a certain folder, something like 'if a document is uploaded here then send an email to…'.I really like this approach because it h Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:23:21 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/mail-mechanism-robust/m-p/287435#M240565 dave984 2015-06-24T10:23:21Z Re: Mail mechanism robust? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/mail-mechanism-robust/m-p/287436#M240566 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>No.&nbsp; Alfresco does not have a queue.&nbsp;&nbsp; That's the responsibility of your email server.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Email in general is not really suitable for "notification" since its non transactional.&nbsp; Its designed for informal communication with people. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>However if your requirements are not rigorous then it will probably be fine.&nbsp; </SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Jun 2015 10:50:00 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/mail-mechanism-robust/m-p/287436#M240566 mrogers 2015-06-24T10:50:00Z