From 0e678127fd53b444ec5be48dcbfd2dec167f0d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Thoeny <web-hurd@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 18:32:59 +0000
Subject: none

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 TWiki/WebChangesAlert.mdwn | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'TWiki')

diff --git a/TWiki/WebChangesAlert.mdwn b/TWiki/WebChangesAlert.mdwn
index 33182ff4..d66c1539 100644
--- a/TWiki/WebChangesAlert.mdwn
+++ b/TWiki/WebChangesAlert.mdwn
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 ## <a name="TWiki_Notification_of_Changes"> TWiki Notification of Changes </a>
 
-Each %WIKITOOLNAME% web does an automatic email notification of recent changes. Users can subscribe / unsubscribe themselves in %NOTIFYTOPIC% of each TWiki web. The Perl script `mailnotify` is called by a deamon in regular intervals. The script is sending an automated email to subscribed users in case some topics changed in a web within this interval.
+Each %WIKITOOLNAME% web does an automatic email notification of recent changes. Users can subscribe / unsubscribe themselves in %NOTIFYTOPIC% of each TWiki web. The Perl script <code>**mailnotify**</code> is called by a deamon in regular intervals. The script is sending an automated email to subscribed users in case some topics changed in a web within this interval.
 
-Installation note for Unix platforms: Edit the cron table so that `mailnotify` is called in an interval of your choice. Please consult `man crontab` of how to modify the table that schedules program execution at certain intervals. Example:
+### <a name="Configuring_outgoing_mail"> Configuring outgoing mail </a>
+
+%WIKITOOLNAME% will use the <code>**Net::SMTP**</code> module in case it is installed on your system. You need to specify the <code>**SMTPMAILHOST**</code> variable in [[TWikiPreferences]].
+
+You can use an external mail program like <code>**sendmail**</code> in case the <code>**Net::SMTP**</code> module is not installed. In this case specify the <code>**$mailProgram**</code> in <code>**twiki/bin/TWiki.cfg**</code>.
+
+### <a name="Call_mailnotify_in_regular_inter"> Call <code>**mailnotify**</code> in regular intervals </a>
+
+For Unix platforms: Edit the cron table so that <code>**mailnotify**</code> is called in an interval of your choice. Please consult <code>**man crontab**</code> of how to modify the table that schedules program execution at certain intervals. Example:
 
     % crontab -e
     15,45 * * * * (cd ~twiki/public_html/bin; ./mailnotify -q)
 
-The above line will call mailnotify at 15 minutes and 45 minutes past every hour. The `-q` switch suppresses all normal output.
+The above line will call mailnotify at 15 minutes and 45 minutes past every hour. The <code>**-q**</code> switch suppresses all normal output.
+
+On Windows NT / 2000 you can use a scheduled task.
 
 -- [[PeterThoeny]] - 16 Mar 2001 <br />
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