TestLink Email Configuration

Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved to customize TestLink Email Configuration. TestLink supports variety of emails notifications for different actions performed by the user. To enable email notifications we need to properly setup the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ) settings in TestLink.

Email Configuration

SMTP server name or IP address should be configured in the config.inc.php file. However, its recommended to override the SMTP settings in the custom file using custom_config.inc.php. All the settings are configured in the custom_config.inc.php file under the TestLink home directory.

SMTP Host

SMTP Host parameter should be specified. For example, to specify the local host we can use the following configuration.

$g_smtp_host = ‘localhost’; # SMTP server MUST BE configured.

Email Accounts

The email accounts for the Notifications. Configure the email accounts in custom_config.inc.php

$g_tl_admin_email = 'admin@example.com'; # for problem/error notification
$g_from_email = 'noreply@example.com'; # email sender
$g_return_path_email = 'noreply@example.com';

SMTP Server Credentials

This settings are only configured if the SMTP server requires authentication.

/** Configure only if SMTP server requires authentication */
$g_smtp_username = ''; # user
$g_smtp_password = ''; # password

SMTP Port

This configuration sets the SMTP port to use. The standard SMTP ports are 25 and 587. However, the port to use will depend on the SMTP server configuration.

$g_smtp_port = 25;

Sample File

<?php

/**
SMTP Settings - www.TestingDocs.com
*/

$g_smtp_host = 'localhost'; # SMTP server MUST BE configured

# Configure using custom_config.inc.php
$g_tl_admin_email = 'admin@example.com'; # for problem/error notification
$g_from_email = 'no-reply@example.com'; # email sender
$g_return_path_email = 'no-reply@example.com';

?>

TestLink Email Configuration