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2.5. Configuring Email Alerts and Reports

To configure Supercharger to send alerts and reports, click on Settings and then the Email tab in the Manager and configure the following settings:

Email From Address: This is the email address that will be displayed as the sender in the alert and report emails.
Smtp Server:  Enter the name of the mail server, for example, smtp.domain.com or smtp.gmail.com.
Smtp Port: Leave as default port 25 unless you are using TLS.  (See next setting)
Smtp Use Tls:  If TLS will be used check this box and change the above "Smtp Port" to 587.
Smtp Use Default Credentials:  If this checkbox is enabled, Supercharger will attempt to login to the SMTP server with the service accounts username and password.
Smtp User Name: Enter a valid account name that can login to the mail server.
Smtp Password:   Enter the password the "Smtp User Name" above.
Status Report Enabled: If this checkbox is enabled, Supercharger will send status reports at the specified times in the schedule below.
Status Report Email Recipients*: Enter the email address of the account that will receive Supercharger status reports.  If left blank, all users and groups on the "Security" tab under Settings will be emailed.
Status Report Schedule: The default schedule is [7] which corresponds to 7AM.  This setting uses a 24-hour format and you can send status reports at any time.  For example, in the screenshot below, with the schedule [0, 8, 17] reports will be sent at midnight, 8AM and 5PM.
Alert Emails Enabled: If this checkbox is enabled, Supercharger will send alerts as they happen in the Manager.
Alert Email Recipient*: Enter the email address of the account that will receive Supercharger alerts.  If left blank, all users and groups on the "Security" tab under Settings will be emailed.
Submit Changes:  Clicking on this button will save the above changes to the settings.
Send Test Email: Clicking on this button will send a test email to the Report and Alert email recipients.