To generate email alerts, the program requires that you first set up a profile of Database Mail in your supported installation of Microsoft SQL Server. For information about how to configure Database Mail in SQL Server, visit the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175951.aspx.
| 1. | From Administration, click Email alerts. The Email alerts page appears. |
| 2. | Under Tasks, click Edit alert settings. The Edit alert settings screen appears. |
| 3. | To enable email alerts for your organization, select Enabled. |
| 4. | Under Database Mail settings, enter the name of your Database Mail profile set up in Microsoft SQL Server. |
| 5. | If Blackbaud does not host your organization’s database, the Application URL parts frame appears. To include links to pages in the program in email alerts, enter the root URL to the program and the name of the database to use with the alerts. This is the virtual directory for the web application. Generally, the format is “http://[Server name]/[Virtual directory name].” |
| 6. | If Blackbaud does not host your database, the Selected database field appears. Enter the name of the database to use with the email alerts. |
| 7. | Click Save. You return to the Email alerts page. |