Mail Connection Settings area

Mail Server

Lets you enter a valid mail server for sending dynamic SMTP mail messages in the text box. You can enter an Internet address, such as mail.company.com or the IP address of the mail server, such as 127.0.0.1.

Server Port

Enter the number of the port on which the mail server is running. Contact your server administrator if you are unsure of the appropriate port number.

Verify Mail Server Connection

Select this option to verify that ColdFusion MX can connect to your specified mail server after you submit this form.

Whether or not you use this option, you should verify that your mail server connection works by sending a test message.

Backup Mail Servers (Enterprise Edition only)

Enter zero or more backup servers for sending SMTP mail messages. You can enter an Internet address, such as mail.company.com, or the IP address of the mail server, such as 127.0.0.1. Separate multiple servers with a comma.

If the mail server requires authentication, prefix the mail server with the username and password, as follows: username:password@mailserveraddress.

To use a port number other than the default (25), specify mailserveraddress:portnumber.

Maintain Connection to Mail Server

(Enterprise Edition only)

Select this option to keep mail server connections open after sending a mail message. Enabling this option can enhance performance when delivering multiple messages.

Connection Timeout (seconds)

Enter the number of seconds that ColdFusion MX should wait for a response from the mail server.

Spool Interval (seconds)

Enter the number of seconds at which you want the mail server to process spooled mail.

Mail Delivery Threads

(Enterprise Edition only)

The maximum number of simultaneous threads used to deliver spooled mail.

Spool mail messages for delivery

(Memory spooling available for Enterprise Edition only)

Select this option to route outgoing mail messages to the mail spooler. If you disable this option, ColdFusion MX delivers outgoing mail messages immediately. In ColdFusion MX Enterprise Edition, you can spool messages either to disk (slower, but messages persist across shutdowns) or to memory (faster, but messages do not persist).

You can override this setting in the cfmail tag.

Maximum number of messages spooled to memory

(Enterprise Edition only)

Enter the maximum number of messages ColdFusion MX will spool to memory before switching to disk spooling.