How to send email through alfresco
To send an email to alfresco using the rule Send an email to a specified user you must modify first the file alfresco-global.properties.
This file is located in the folder “tomcatsharedclasses”.
mail.host=your host
mail.port=25
mail.username=your mail user
mail.password=your mail password
mail.encoding=UTF-8
mail.from.default=optional name
mail.smtp.auth=true
Finally, you can change the template of email notification in the file notify_user_email.ftl in Company Home/Data Dictionary/Email Templates/Notify Email Templates.