SMTP Configuration Details

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 1 SMTP Configuration Details
The SMTP configuration defines the details of the SMTP server that is available for use by all applications running on an SAP HANA XS server.
As part of the SMTP configuration, you specify the following options:
General SMTP settings
Logon authentication type
Transport security type
Socket proxy settings
Other settings

General SMTP settings

The General SMTP Settings screen area of the SMTP Configurations tool enables you to maintain the basic details of the system hosting the SMTP server
that SAP HANA XS applications use to send e-mail. The following table indicates which information can be maintained.

Table 1:

UI Element Description Example

Mail Server Host The name of the system hosting the SMTP server. localhost

Mail Server Port The port to connect to on the SMTP server; default is 25. 25

Authentication
The Authentication screen area of the SMTP Configurations tool enables you to maintain details of the user credentials required to log on to the system
hosting the SMTP server and the mechanism used during the logon process to carry out user authentication. The following table indicates which information
can be maintained.

Table 2:

UI Element Description Example

Authentication Type The method used by the SMTP server to authenticate the credentials of the user that None, Auto, Logon, Plain, CRAM-MD5,
SAP HANA uses to establish the connection or Digest-MD5.

Username For all authentication-type options except None , the name and password of the johndoe
user whose credentials SAP HANA XS uses to log on to the SMTP server.

Password For all authentication-type options except None , the password of the user whose *****
credentials SAP HANA XS uses to log on to the SMTP server.

Transport Security Settings

The Transport Security Settings screen area of the SMTP Configurations tool enables you to maintain details of the security type used to encrypt the
transport channel between the SAP HANA XS server and the SMTP server. The following table indicates which information can be maintained.

Table 3:

UI Element Description Example

Transport Security The method used by the SMTP server to authenticate the credentials of the user that None, STARTTLS, SSL/TLS
SAP HANA uses to establish the connection

Trust Store Contains the certificates used to establish trust relationships between servers, for sapspv.pse
example, SAP HANA XS and the SMTP server

Socket Proxy Settings

The Socket Proxy Settings screen area of the SMTP Configurations tool enables you to maintain details of the system hosting the proxy service used by
the SMTP server for Secure Socket (SOCKS) routing. The following table indicates which information can be maintained.

Table 4:

UI Element Description Example

SOCKS Proxy Enable/Disable Socket Secure (SOCKS) routing N/A

Proxy Host Name of the system hosting the proxy service for Socket Secure (SOCKS) routing smtp.host.acme.com

Proxy Port Port number to use for connections to the proxy server 1080

Proxy Username Name of the user required to log on to the proxy server johndoe

Proxy Password Password for the user required to log on to the proxy server ****

Other Settings
The Other Settings screen area of the SMTP Configurations tool enables you to maintain additional details of the SMTP server, for example, the connection
timeout setting. The following table indicates which information can be maintained.

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 UI Element Description Example

Timeout Maximum length of time (in milliseconds) that SAP HANA XS must wait for a 60,000 milliseconds (1 minute)
response from the SMTP server with which it is trying to establish a connection

Related Information
Create an SMTP Configuration

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