Entering or editing SMTP options
To send email through SMTP, you must supply information about the sender and the SMTP server in the SMTP Options dialog box. You see this dialog box whenever you choose SMTP Server or click Specify (when SMTP Server is selected) in the Send Mail dialog box. FileMaker Pro uses this information whenever you send email through SMTP. You do not have to enter it each time you send mail.
To enter or edit SMTP options:
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Choose File menu > Send > Mail.
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To create a script that sends email, choose Scripts menu > Script Workspace. In the Script Workspace window, click New script button. In the script editing pane, add the Send Mail script step, click gear icon, then click Specify.
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to edit SMTP options (and SMTP Server is selected), click Specify
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Note  To specify a calculation that generates content for a field, click Specify next to the field, create the calculation, then click OK.
 
Choose None if you do not need a secure connection, choose SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) if your email requires a secure connection, or choose TLS (Transport Layer Security) to allow both secure and nonsecure connections over the same port (the actual connection encryption depends on the SMTP server’s configuration).
Keep the default None (to require no login authentication on the SMTP server), or choose Plain Password (for no password encryption) or Cram‑MD5 (for password encryption).
(Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a user ID to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server. (For information about criteria for user names, see Tips for creating account names and passwords.)
(Available if you choose Plain Password or Cram-MD5 authentication.) Enter a password to authenticate the user on the SMTP server. Users must enter the correct name and password to send mail on this server. (For information about criteria for passwords, see Tips for creating account names and passwords.)
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You are returned to the Send Mail dialog box, where you continue setting email options (step 4 of Sending one email message or Sending multiple email messages).
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Send Mail