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Affected Roles: Administrator, Owner
Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps: DW Spectrum® IPVMS
Complexity: Medium
Software Version: v4.1.31401 or newer
Last Edit: July 21, 2021
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Plain-text is essentially data that is represented by readable alpha-numeric characters without additional graphical information added to the text such as formatting, fonts, layout, etc. Plain-text is also used to exclude binary files that may cause data to be incorrectly interpreted by the receiving node due to character encoding. As so, a DW Spectrum® Server can be configured to use plain-text when sending notifications through SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) to avoid these type of communication issues.
This article will outline how to enable the use of plain-text emails for a DW Spectrum® Server.
To enable plain-text emails:
A web browser will open. In the address bar, replace “/settings/server” with “/advanced” at the end of the resulting URL.
http://<Server IP Address>:<Port>/static/index.html#/advanced
**NOTE: You must add “advanced” at the end of the URL to access the Advanced settings of the web client.
To continue, click the Advanced button, then click the
Enter an Administrator User Name and Password to log in.
Enable this setting, then click the Save button.
