MailServer

To enable emailing for ACEweb, you must enter the SMTP server name. If the mail server is hosted on your institution’s network, it must be configured to allow Relaying from your ACEweb server.

Disabling .NET Email Module

Some customers cannot use the .NET emailing module, but need the wwDotNetBridge.dll for their payment service. To disable the .NET email module, add the MAILMODE parameter with the appropriate setting to the end of the MailServer setting.

Setting Options:

0=enables the .NET Email Module 2=disables the .NET Email Module

The MAILMODE parameter is entered after the SMTP server name in UPPERCASE and separated with a comma and no space between the comma and the MAILMODE setting.

E.g. MailServer=smtp.youruniversity.edu,MAILMODE:2

External Mail Server

Alternately, you may use an external mail server such as gMail, but you will need to provide authentication credentials.

If your mail server does require authentication, you must enable ACEweb’s .NET mailing option. You AW server must have .NET version 2.0 or later installed, and you will need to obtain the library file wwDotNetBridge.dll and place it in your Aceweb folder. In addition, you would add “SSL” as a second parameter to the MailServer INI setting, e.g.

MailServer=smtp.gmail.com:587,SSL (SSL must be in all caps, no space after the comma)

Since an SSL will require authentication, you must also set the AuthenticateSendmail INI setting to On and enter the Email Username and Password values in Student Manager's Email Settings program.

MailLag and MailTimeout

In some systems that experience slow communication with the SMTP server, you may need to set a MailLag and MailTimeout in the awSys.ini (in inetpub\aceweb folder).

• MailLag - seconds to wait between sending email confirmation and transaction notice to email server, e.g. with MailLag=2, ACEweb will wait 2 seconds after sending the email confirmation to send transaction notices.
• MailTimeout - seconds to wait for response from SMTP server, e.g. with MailTimeout=45, ACEweb would wait 45 seconds for a response from the SMTP server before timing out.