We had the post office create a test/dummy account to send the emails to and then I put a filter, that runs on Submit, on the AR Email Message form that moves the address in the "To" field to the "From" field (So we know who was supposed to get the message) and the set the test/dummy email address in the "To" field. This allows us to use the profile information with no changes and still monitor emails. The only con is you have to remember not to move the filter to production. (I did this ONCE.)
>>> Ron Legters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Apr 04, 2007 10:21 AM >>> This may not be the most elegant way, but I just had my email admins create a dummy account, then changed the e-mail address of every 'person' on my test system to be that dummy account. I added the dummy account to my Outlook profile, so I can easily monitor the messages. The only downside is that I can't tell exactly who the system was sending the message to, once I receive it. Thanks, Ron Legters Tools Administrator Data & Systems Services Univar USA Inc. www.univarusa.com -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dwayne Martin Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: When do "Arsystem Email Messages" get created? Hi Everyone, We have a test server (ARS 7.01 patch 1, Red-Hat Linux). We want to know when this system WOULD send out email if it were a live system, but we don't want it to actually do it. So we haven't installed the Email Engine because we don't want it sending out test messages to customers. According to the Email Engine manual, the "Notify" action of a filter or escalation creates an "Arsystem Email Messages" entry, which the Email Engine reads. In our test system filters do notifications, and the filter log shows an email being sent, but no Arsystem Email Messages entry gets created. Does the creation of this entry depend on the existence of an Email Engine, or is something else at work? The larger question is, How can we set up a test system so that we can monitor the sending of emails, without them actually going to people? Dwayne Martin Computing Support James Madison University ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
