How to Create a Notification Server
ID: Q218452
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Office 2000 Server Extensions
SUMMARY
This article describes how to create a Notification Server on an Office
2000 Extended Web Server.
MORE INFORMATION
With Office 2000 Server Extensions, you have the ability to allow users to
subscribe to folders and documents on your OSE Web Server. Your
Notification Server is then used to send e-mail notification messagess to
subscribers about changes made to the folders or documents to which they
have subscribed.
To create a notification server, perform the following steps:
- Install the Office 2000 Server Extensions.
For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q216926 How to Install Microsoft Office
2000 Server Extensions
- Browse to
HTTP://<ServerName>/msoffice/msoadmin/
(where <ServerName> is the name of your Office Web Server).
- Click Configure Web Subscription Settings.
- Under Web Subscriptions, click the "On" radio
button.
- In the Mail will be sent using section, type the name of
your SMTP mail server.
- Type the e-mail account that your notifications will came from. This
does NOT have to be a valid e-mail address.
- Type the e-mail address that users should reply to if they have a
problem. This DOES have to be a valid e-mail address.
- In the Allow Web Subscriptions to section, click the
appropriate radio button. You can allow subscriptions to folders and
documents, or just documents.
- Configure the times to send document change notifications. These are
done on three different levels.
- Immediate Notifications - For subscribers who want to
receive notifications immediately, you can set a delay if you like.
- Daily Notifications - For subscribers who want to receive
notifications once per day. Set the time of day the server will send
notifications.
- Weekly Notifications - For subscribers who want to receive
notifications once per week. Set the day of the week and time of day the
server will send notifications
- Click Submit.
The Office 2000 Extended Web Server is now configured to send e-mail
notification messages to subscribers of folders and/or documents.
Additional query words:
OFF2000
Keywords : ose2000
Version : winnt:
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo