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Setting up Communication Profile for Sending Email from Siebel

For setting up Communication profile you need Sender Address, SMTP Server IP and Port. Setting up Profile is pretty simple just follow below steps: Login the application. Go to site map by click on sitemap icon or pressing Ctrl + Shift + a. Search for " Communication Drivers and Profiles " which is sub child of " Administration - Communication ". In " Communications Drivers " applet find " Internet SMTP/POP3 Server " record and select. Scroll down to " Profiles " applet. Create New Record and set the appropriate name. Now scroll down to " Profile Parameter Overrides " applet and create new records with these parameters: From Address LogDebug SMTP Server SMTP Server Port If there are existing Profiles you might see an additional parameter " Siebel Server ". Its values is usually is gateway server name or IP but if you are not sure don't add this, Siebel will auto define when this profile is called. If you defined ...

Difference Between SMTP and POP3

To send and receive a mail two agents, message transfer agent and a message access agent are required. The message transfer agent transfers the message from client computer to the recipient’s mail server. Now, it’s the work of message access agent to pull the message from the mailbox present on the mail server at recipient’s side to the recipient’s computer. We have one message transfer agent i.e. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Agent), and we have two message access agents  POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol). What is POP3? Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) is a standard mail protocol used to receive emails from a remote server to a local email client. POP3 allows you to download email messages on your local computer and read them even when you are offline. It is message access agent. It allows to retrieve and organize mails from mailbox on receiver mail server to receiver's computer. What is SMTP? Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the s...