Send Email (SMTP) Tool
Accessing a workflow job from outside an internal LAN
Last Updated: June 28, 2022A workflow job can be accessed from outside your internal LAN by using a function within a task. The function is placed within the Send Email (SMTP) step and converts the hostname to an IP address within the workflow URL that is delivered to a recipient. Creating the Function Within the task that generates your...
How to send multiple emails using a TaskCentre recordset column
Last Updated: September 5, 2022Learn how TaskCentre can be used to send emails to multiple recipients when a recordset in a task contains an email address unique to each row.
Configuring the SMTP Virtual Server for the Email Trigger (SMTP) Agent
Last Updated: August 3, 2022Introduction In order for the Email Trigger (SMTP) Agent to receive incoming emails, the SMTP Virtual Server (available as part of IIS version 6.0) must be installed. Unfortunately, later versions of IIS (from Windows Server 2008 onwards) do not have SMTP functionality as standard. But they do allow IIS 6.0 to be installed and used...
Email attachments – An event was unable to invoke any of the subscribers 0x80040201
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom When using a variable to save email attachments the following error is produced: An event was unable to invoke any of the subscribers 0x80040201 Cause There are two separate causes: The attachment file size is zero bytes, this normally indicates a blank file. The data file variable has not been setup as an Array...
Configuring TaskCentre to use a Gmail SMTP account: Error – The message received was unexpected or badly formatted
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom When configuring a Send Email (SMTP) global connection to use a Gmail SMTP account, the following error is received when attempting to test the connection: SMTP server connection test failed: The message received was unexpected or badly formatted Cause RC4 based cipher suites in use by TaskCentre are no longer supported by ‘smtp.gmail.com’. Note: This issue has been caused by a...
Selecting the Secure SMTP option in the SMTP global config causes task to fail with error: TLS Session Negotiation Failed. Connection Aborted
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom When you configure the Global SMTP Configuration within TaskCentre (Tools > Output > Send Email (SMTP)) to use the Secure SMTP option, you may receive the following error message at task run time: TLS Session Negotiation Failed. Connection Aborted Cause This is caused by entering the IP address of the SMTP server instead of...
Send Email (SMTP) output giving “?” signs
Last Updated: August 3, 2022Symptom The output from a Send Email (SMTP) step contains question marks (?) signs in place of certain characters, for example, currency symbols (£). Cause The email contains characters that are being incorrectly interpreted. Resolution You must declare the character set (charset) that BPA Platform references: Upgrade to the latest version of BPA Platform. Recreate...
Unable to send email through Office 365 hosted facilities. Error: TLS Session Negotiation Failed. Connection Aborted
Last Updated: August 3, 2022Symptom A connection to Office 365 has been created using the Send Email (SMTP) global configuration but at task runtime the following error appears in the event log: TLS Session Negotiation Failed. Connection Aborted If you attempt to test the connection the following message is received: SMTP server connection test failed: Connection has been lost Cause This issue...
TaskCentre Server installation fails with the error: Failed to load and use iwinstall.dll
Last Updated: July 1, 2022Symptom Unable to install the TaskCentre Server, the following error message is received when an install is attempted: Failed to load and use iwinstall.dll, caused by missing .net 2.0 or higher Cause This only affects the installer, it requires .Net 2.0 framework to be present. The TaskCentre Server will still function as normal if later...
Forward Mail to the Email Trigger (SMTP) Agent – Exchange 2010
Last Updated: September 6, 2022Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide an example approach to forwarding organisational email to the server where the Email Trigger (SMTP) agent is installed so that it can be processed by TaskCentre. This document is not intended to be used as a definitive guide or instruction. Create the Mail Enabled contact Within...
