Notification emails

When you configure the outbound email service, IDM can use that service to notify users of significant events, primarily related to user self-service. For specifics, refer to the following table for related notification emails:

Configuring Notification Emails
Situation	Configuration File	Details
When a user is successfully registered	`emailTemplate-welcome.json`	See User Self-Registration Email Template
When a user asks for their forgotten username	`selfservice-username.json`	See Email for forgotten username
When a user registers using self-service and needs to verify their email address	`selfservice-registration.json`	See Self-Service registration emails
When a user asks for a password reset	`selfservice-reset.json`	See Email for password reset

Each email template can specify an email address to use in the From field. If this field is left blank, IDM will default to the address specified in Email Settings.

Email templates utilize Handlebar expressions to reference object data dynamically. For example, to reference the userName of an object:

{{object.userName}}

Some email providers, such as Google, will override the From address you specify in the templates, and instead use the address used to authenticate with the SMTP server. The email address specified in the template may still be present, but in an email header hidden from most users, such as X-Google-Original-From.

User self-registration email template

When a new user registers through the IDM self-registration interface (and if you have configured outbound email), that user will get a welcome email as configured in the emailTemplate-welcome.json file:

{
    "enabled" : true,
    "from" : "",
    "subject" : {
        "en" : "Your account has been created"
    },
    "message" : {
        "en" : "<html><body><p>Welcome to OpenIDM. Your username is '{{object.userName}}'.</p></body></html>"
    },
    "defaultLocale" : "en"
}

You may want to make the following changes:

Add an email address to the from property, perhaps an email address for your organization’s systems administrator.
Specify locale(s) in the defaultLocale property.

Note that locales specified as preferredLocales in the Accept-Language header take precedence over the defaultLocale.
Modify the subject line as needed.
Include a welcome message appropriate to your organization.

Managing email templates using the admin UI

The admin UI includes tools that can help you customize email messages related to the administrative tasks:

Creating users
Resetting passwords

To configure these messages using the admin UI:

From the navigation bar, click Configure > Email Settings, and select the Templates tab.

IDM displays a list of email templates.
To configure an email template, click the adjacent edit button.
On the Email Template templateName page, make changes, and click Save.

IDM 7.4.1

Notification emails

User self-registration email template

Managing email templates using the admin UI