Contents of the Communications Form

If you installed Vantagepoint on your own server (also known as an on-premises installation), use the Communications form to set up email service so that Vantagepoint can generate and send email such as processing error alerts and log-in assistance messages.

If you are accessing the hosted version of Vantagepoint on Deltek Cloud servers, setting up email service is not necessary, and this form does not display.

Contents

Field	Description
Email Server	Enter the host name or IP address of an SMTP-compliant email server.
Port	Enter the SMTP port that the SMTP server you entered above uses.
Use TLS	If you use an email provider, such as Microsoft Office 365, that uses TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption, select this check box. When you select this check box, enter the following on the Email tab: In the Email Server field, enter the address of the SMTP server, such as smtp-mail.outlook.com if you use Office 365. In the Port field, enter 25. In some cases, port 25 or 587 may be required. In the Username and Password fields, enter a username and password if they are required by your email provider for sending emails via SMTP. For example, enter your Office 365 username and password if you use Office 365. If you use smtp.office365 or other SMTP vendors who require that an existing account must match the email address in the From field of emails from Vantagepoint, then you may need to create or rename an account/mailbox to match the two default sender email addresses used in Vantagepoint. The two default email addresses are derived by taking the email address that is entered in the Default Sender field on the Email tab in Settings and adding the following prefixes to it: Deltek_: Invoice Approval and Billing Transfer email alerts use this prefix. DeltekAdmin_: All other Vantagepoint applications use this prefix. For example, if you enter [e-mail] in the Default Sender field, the default sender email addresses are [e-mail] and [e-mail].
Username	If your SMTP server requires domain authentication, enter the username in this field. This is a domain username, not a Vantagepoint username.
Password	If your SMTP server requires domain authentication, enter the password (that matches the domain username above) in this field. This is a domain password, not a Vantagepoint password.
Email Size Limit (In Megabytes)	Enter the size limit in megabytes for each email message.
Number of Emails at Once	Enter the number of emails that Vantagepoint sends for each batch.
Default Sender for Outgoing Email	Enter the default email address that you want to use when Vantagepoint sends email messages. Vantagepoint also uses this address if an employee sends an email message from within Vantagepoint and that employee does not have an associated email address.
Add DeltekAdmin_ prefix to the Default Sender Email Address	This option is selected by default. For email authentication, Vantagepoint automatically adds the prefix DeltekAdmin_ to the sender's email address. This allows the recipient to validate the authenticity of the sender. For example, if you enter [e-mail] in the Default Sender Email field, the Vantagepoint default sender email address is [e-mail]. Clear this option if you do not want to add the prefix to the default sender email address.
Use Default Sender Email for Reply To	Select this option if you want the default email address for replies to Vantagepoint email messages to be the same as the email address that you entered in the Default Sender Email field. If you want the reply address to be different from the address that you entered in the Default Sender Email field, do not select this check box. Instead, enter a different address in the Default Reply To Email field.
Default Reply To Email	If you do not select Use Default Sender Email for Reply To, enter the default email address for replies to Vantagepoint email messages in this field.
Send Test Email for Outgoing Email	Click this link to send a test email message. On the Test Email dialog box, enter the address to which you want to send the message.
Default Email Recipient for Help Desk	Enter the default email address for the person that your users can contact about help desk concerns. This email address prefills in the Send Email dialog box that opens when you click in the upper right corner of a Vantagepoint form and then select Email Help Desk in the help drop-down list.
Send Test Email for Help Desk	Click this link to send a test email message to the default help desk email recipient. Vantagepoint displays the status of sending the test email in a separate dialog box.
Application URL	This field displays the application URL of your Vantagepoint instance. This field appears only if you have an on-premises database and is hidden for hosted versions.