TFS Admin Console does not let you test SMTP server settings

TFS Admin Console does not let you test SMTP server settings by Grant Holliday - MSFT

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Type:	Bug
ID:	776847
Opened:	1/17/2013 4:41:03 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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The TFS Admin Console does not let you test SMTP server settings easily. This makes it a very difficult process to confirm that your email settings are correct. In the meantime, emails are queuing up or failing and users are getting frustrated.

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Team Foundation Server 2012

Open TFS Admin Console
Change SMTP server settings to an invalid SMTP mail server
Save the settings

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Windows Server 2012

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Email sending fails. You then have to go and dig through the tbl_JobHistory, which you then find has a truncated error message telling you to set some registry setting.

Once you set that setting, you then have to wait for the email to be sent again, or generate a new one.

Sometimes there will be errors in the Application event log that help you determine the root cause.

There were errors or warnings during notification delivery. 0/4 emails delivered. 0/0 soap notifications delivered. 1 errors. 0 warnings. Set /Service/Integration/Settings/NotificationJobLogLevel in the TF registry to 2 to see errors and warnings.

After entering/changing your SMTP server settings, you should be able to:

1. Verify that TFS can send a test email successfully (i.e. submit a new message using smtpClient.send())
2. Enter in an email address to send a test message to, so you can verify that you actually received it.

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Posted by Microsoft on 1/30/2013 at 11:24 AM

Thank you for your feedback! We added this feature to our backlog for future releases.

Posted by Microsoft on 1/17/2013 at 7:14 PM

Thanks for your feedback.

We are rerouting this issue to the appropriate group within the Visual Studio Product Team for triage and resolution. These specialized experts will follow-up with your issue.

Posted by Microsoft on 1/17/2013 at 4:52 PM

Thank you for your feedback, we are currently reviewing the issue you have submitted. If this issue is urgent, please contact support directly(http://support.microsoft.com)