QuoteArchitect mail interface

The QuoteArchitect mail interface supports delivery of generated RFQ’s to suppliers as email links.

In order to use this feature the interface must be configured on the computer of each user using requiring this option.

To do this edit the file

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\qa-1\qa.ini

if it does not exist then create it.

Note in some environments “-1” will be replaced by another number (the software level).

The following values should be entered into this file. Your mail administrator will be able to provide the required values.

The valid values for smtp.connection are ssl, tls, tcp.
The valid values for smtp.authentication are plain,login.

[email]
name=[enter a value]
address=[enter a value]
smtp.user=[enter a value]
smtp.password=[enter a value]
smtp.host=[enter a value]
smtp.port=[enter a value]
smtp.connection=[enter a value]
smtp.authentication=[enter a value]

Note that after first use Password is removed and replaced with an encrypted value.

Technical notes.

An SMTP server is required.

Example

[email]
name=Joe Cool
address=joe@xyz.com
smtp.user=joe@xyz.com
smtp.host=smtp.livemail.co.uk
smtp.port=465
smtp.connection=ssl
smtp.password=whatever
smtp.authentication=plain