What is it

Many applications use e-mail as the oreferred way to asynchronously notify their users. The CIT SMTP Service allows to send mails from your ProjektServer through the SMTP protocol. 

Prerequisites

Access to the SMTP service is granted by ZI per SCA. Contact cloud@msg.group to request access. In the mail mention your SCA id ("SCA" followed by a 6-digit number) and put the cost-responsible person of your tenant on cc:. After access has been granted all servers in your SCA can use this service.

How to achieve it

In your applications configure the following SMTP service endpoint:

There is no need to specifiy a username and/or password as permission is checked based on the SCA where the service request originates from.

Good to know

• Mails sent this way must show a valid msg From mail address. If they don't the mail server will reject them.
• The service allows mails to be sent both msg-internal and to the outer world. This can be exploited for spamming if your VM is accessible from the Internet and a security breach happens. Above all this is a risk if you run your own mail server on your VM. Therefore be careful when configuring such a server. When in doubt seek support from security experts.
• This service allows to send mail, not to receive them.