Using the settings in this section will allow the software to automatically send out race reports to admins and/or racers after a race has been completed. For racers to receive email you must define an email address for that racer on the Edit Racers screen.
This must be set to the SMTP server name for your email provider. For example if you are using Gmail this setting must be set to smtp.gmail.com
This is the port number for your SMTP server, it is set to 25 by default. If your email provider does not indicate a port number and is not using encryption then this is a safe default. If you are using encryption then the port number is most likely 587 or 465. For example in the case of Gmail they are using encryption and have the port number set to 587. Your email provider should indicate what port number to use.
You must set this field to your email address. This is the address that the email's will appear to come from. If you do not set it to the address for your account your email provider may reject the email as spam.
Enter a comma separated list of email addresses into this field. If you define the recipients to include admins the listed admin email addresses will get a copy of each race report sent whether they are in the race or not.
Set this setting to the username of your email account. Depending on your email provider this may be a normal username or it may be your from email address. For example in the case of Gmail this is your from email address.
Set this to the password for your email account. To protect your password it is not displayed on the screen, only dots will appear.
Recipients defines who will receive race reports. This can be set to Admins, Racers or Admins and Racers. If set to include Racers you must set the email addresses for each racer that wants to receive the reports. You do this by editing the racers information on the Edit Racers screen.
This setting defines which type or races will send a report. By default the software will only send out reports for Mains. You can change this to send out reports for all races, or to send out reports for all races but practices. Race reports are sent immediately after the race is completed.
Enable SSL Encryption if your email provider allows this option. If your email server supports this make sure to set the server port to the correct number. For example Gmail requires the use of port 587 with SSL Encryption.
After you have defined the necessary email settings you can test the email functionality using the test button. This will send a basic email message to the defined from address. If you do not receive this test message then either check your junk mail folder or verify your email settings.