Configure your email settings to enable notifications for voicemails, missed calls, transcriptions and faxes directly to your inbox.
Below are some example configurations for popular email providers:
Review logs of sent or failed email attempts:
Follow these steps to set up email notifications:
Launch your web browser and navigate to your FusionPBX URL (e.g., http://<your-ip-or-domain>/
).
From the menu, select Advanced > Default Settings.
In the Default Settings section, choose "Email" from the drop-down filter.
Update the following settings with your provider’s details:
smtp_host
: Enter your SMTP server address (e.g., smtp.your-email-provider.com
).smtp_port
: Set to 587
(or your provider’s specified port).smtp_secure
: Select tls
(or ssl
, depending on your provider’s requirements).smtp_auth
: Enable by setting to true
.smtp_username
: Input your SMTP username.smtp_password
: Provide your SMTP password.smtp_from
: Specify the sender email address (e.g., [email protected]
).smtp_from_name
: Define the sender’s display name (e.g., "FusionPBX Alerts").
Save the changes and click Reload to apply the new settings.
From the menu. select Status > Email Queue and send a test email to ensure everything works as expected.
SMTP2GO is a paid email service for sending email. They do however have 1,000 free messages a month and paid plans that are reasonable.
Default Setting Subcategory | Default Setting Name | Default Setting Value | Default Setting Enabled | Default Setting Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
smtp_host | text | mail.smtp2go.com | True | email providers server address |
smtp_from | text | [email protected] | True | smtp from emaill address |
smtp_port | numeric | 587 | True | port number of the mail server provider |
smtp_from_name | text | Voicemail | True | smtp from name |
smtp_auth | text | TRUE | True | smtp auth is required |
smtp_username | text | [email protected] | True | Use the full email address |
smtp_password | text | ************************** | True | typically the email password |
smtp_secure | text | tls | True | tls or ssl depending on the provider. |
smtp_validate_certificate | boolean | TRUE | True | set to false to ignore SSL certificate warnings e.g. for self-signed certificates |
method | text | sendmail | False | smtp|sendmail|mail|qmail |
Goto Advanced > Default Settings and under the Email
Section. Make sure these settings are enabled. Once these values are set press the Reload button at the top right of the page.
If you have a headless install(no desktop gui) then you will have to install lynx. Lynx is a command line web browser. For Debian you would type the example below. Follow the prompts for email address and password.
apt-get install lynx
lynx https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
You may also have to enable less secure apps https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en
Default Setting Subcategory | Default Setting Name | Default Setting Value | Default Setting Enabled | Default Setting Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
smtp_host | text | smtp.gmail.com | True | email providers server address |
smtp_from | text | [email protected] | True | smtp from emaill address |
smtp_port | numeric | 587 | True | port number of the mail server provider |
smtp_from_name | text | Voicemail | True | smtp from name |
smtp_auth | text | true | True | smtp auth is required |
smtp_username | text | [email protected] | True | Use the full email address |
smtp_password | text | ************************** | True | typically the email password |
smtp_secure | text | tls | True | tls or ssl depending on the provider. |
smtp_validate_certificate | boolean | true | True | set to false to ignore SSL certificate warnings e.g. for self-signed certificates |
method | text | smtp | True | smtp|sendmail|mail|qmail |
To see if there are any failed email attempts goto Status > Emails. Once the issue causing the emails to fail is found you can click to resend them.
:::{note} The log is stored in the /tmp directory. :::
Successfully sent email example.
cat /tmp/mailer-app.log
aafb21349c
0dc8c2093f
Message sent!