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I need to create an auto-generated email when items in a Sharepoint list are created or updated

I'm pretty inexperienced with Sharepoint design, but have taken on the task of creating a basic issue tracker for a project. The idea is when testers find an issue, they will log it into the ...
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Send Emails via SharePoint CSOM

I am trying to write a mailsender in C# for SharePoint but each time I start it I get this error message that tells me that it doesn't have permission. I had tried to give it permission at ...
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"Share with" e-mail invitations not being sent even though all other e-mails work in On-Premise SP 2013

We do not have on-premise SharePoint 2013 in production but the three dev farms that I have access to all have the same odd behavior. The majority of SMTP functions work correctly (adding to groups, ...
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incoming mail just sits in the drop folder

I want a document library to recieve email and store it so followed the steps outlined here: http://sharepointgeorge.com/2010/configuring-incoming-email-sharepoint-2010/ I seem to be a bit stuck. ...
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I want a workflow that will email attachments

I'm creating a custom list for a helpdesk app. I want the user to fill out a form in sharepoint (2010) and add attachments from screenshots, etc. The workflow should send an email to our helpdesk ...
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How to create custom email alert template in SharePoint 2010

There seems to be a widely popular blog post (here) about creating these. It's tailored to SharePoint 2007, but I've read through the entire article, and it makes sense. I've followed the directions, ...
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How does internal email get to the SMTP client of a SharePoint server?

I am trying to configure incoming email to a SharePoint 2010 list on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. I am trying to avoid involvement with Exchange or Active Directory. When I try to email the list using ...
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Client Object Model equivalent of SPUtility.SendEmail in SharePoint 2010

I am trying to send an email after an action occurs in Silverlight WebPart I am designing. Is there a built-in class in the Client Object Model that can handle this, or will I have to build a ...
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email into a list on 2013 SharePoint-online

I have setup a IT ticketing system in SP (hosted via office 365) and I wanted to make it easier for my employees to send me tickets (sp mobile isn't very friendly) Is there a way to have an email ...
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REST API - Retrieve Group Members

We are using SharePoint Online. I am planning to add a flow to send out an email notification whenever a new page is added to the site. To do that, I need the list of members of that site cause I ...
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Send email using SharePoint Designer to the users in Person and group field

I would like to send email notification to one or more people that exist in a person or group field. Is this possible using a workflow in SharePoint Designer?
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How can I get a Sharepoint calendar to send a notification email to users involved in an event?

I'd like to have all attendees to be notified via email that they have been invited to an event from a Sharepoint calendar. How can I do this?
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SharePoint 2013 email templates

I have a SharePoint 2013 instance that I would like to modify the default email template. I want to put my company's logo as a header and the company contact info as a footer on every email that is ...
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SPUtility.SendEmail() with attachment (.ics files)

We send the email from SharePoint by using SPUtility.SendEmail() method. But, now I need to attach multiple .ics file (Outlook meeting requests) with this email. I have only one option, I have to ...
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How To: Send the Alert Emails to External Email Addresses?

In our SP2010 Intranet (Windows authentication) we are using "Alert Me" feature and it has been working great. However, Currently we have a new difficult situation where we want to send the Alert ...
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Get URL of list item attachment from Sharepoint Designer 2010

I've found tons of questions where people are looking to get the URL of an attached file after the fact via CSOM or JSOM, or some other means. I am looking to get the URL from Sharepoint Designer, and ...
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Send Plain Text Email from SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflow

In Microsoft's infinite knowledge it appears as though they force all emails to be sent as HTML in SharePoint 2010+. This is causing a great deal of pain as the emails that are sent from the ...
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Changing From Email Address in SharePoint Designer 2010 Workflows

For SharePoint 2007 there was a third-party addon we could install to allow the from email address to be configured in a SharePoint Designer workflow. Does anyone know if there is something similar ...
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Can I trigger a workflow from a hyperlink in a list?

I'm trying to incorporate functionality in one of my lists that will allow users to submit candidate resumes for open jobs that appear in the list. My initial thought was to just have a hyperlink ...
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Design Workflow that Emails People in Assigned To (Except for Created By)

We have a custom list that tracks work tasks in our department; we track our own work and use it to assign work/tasks to other colleagues. I have a people/groups column called AssignedTo and need a ...
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Send automatic email everyday

I have a list in SharePoint 2010 that contains Active Directory users in one column and their birthday in a second column. Early in the morning of their birthday I want SharePoint to automatically ...
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How to Enable Email in Lists Without Using Exchange?

Salvete! I am running Sharepoint Enterprise 2010 on Windows Server 2008R2. I want to enable email in my sharepoint lists. I don't have Microsoft Exchange. We are moving from a 3rd party hosted ...
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How to change workflow email sender name

We have a Sharepoint designer workflow that sending notification email to users. I understand the "from address" is a farm setting and cannot change. It is fine. My concern is can we change the "...
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Declarative SharePoint 2013 Workflow Sending Email to Person Specific in Item List Field of Type Person/Group

I've been looking everywhere... for days. (I'm stubborn so I don't like asking questions before trying.) So here is the hardest question ever: I have a SharePoint Online (2013) Custom List on which I'...
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How to enable an Event Handler to intercept upload from email in document library

I have a Document Library with an email associated with the OOTB feature. When I send to the library an email with some attachments, every attachment is stored with one of the OOTB methods (divided in ...
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how to send a link to the edit view of a list item from a workflow

Is it possible to go to the edit view of an sharepoint 2010 list item directly from email? I have a workflow that sends an email to a user to edit a list item. The link -at this time- takes them to ...
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SharePoint task assignment email doesn't send to group

Task list has email enabled on task assignment, tasks can be assigned to multiple people or groups. When I create a task and assign it to myself, I get mail. When I update the task to assign it to a ...
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How can I make a workflow automatically start when an email is received?

I have a workflow, which is set to run when an item in a list is created. The list is email enabled, and is populated only by email. When I send an email to the list, the workflow is not started - ...
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Send email via code in Office365

I am developing a custom web part in an Office 365 environment. I am trying to send email to a user during the execution of the code in the web part. I have tried two alternatives: SPUtility....
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Immediate-alerts Email Notification not sending emails

The alerts are working, but for some reason the "Send e-mail when ownership is assigned" on a task list is not working. A task is assigned to a user however Immediate-alerts are not sending the ...
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How to send email with attachments in SharePoint 2013?

I am using SharePoint 2013 to implement a custom workflow application. During one of the state transitions, I want to send an email to people who are part of a certain group with a zip file of ...
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Coercion Failed: Can't get workflow to send notification to "Assigned To" user

I've created a simple workflow to send a notification email to the "Created By" user which works nicely. What I wanted to do is use the "Assigned To" built-in lookup instead, which is a "People &...
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How to add values from a "Person or Group" list column type to workflow email To or CC field

On SharePoint 2007 I have a custom list with a custom content type. The content type contains (among other things) a Person or Group typed column that allows the creator to add additional ...
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Mail sent with workflow takes a long time (Office 365 - E3)

I have made a workflow that sends an email when an item is added. The workflow does some tests and is completed in less than 1 minute. But the mail which is generated in that workflow takes hours ...
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Workflow doen's send email to person field

I need to configure a workflow which would send an email on item creation to the user in Person field of that item. So I've opened SPD, created a new workflow on that list, selected Send an Email ...
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Preventing SharePoint from converting email addresses to mailto links

I have a WSS 3.0 SharePoint site that is automatically displaying email addresses as mailto link. Ideally I want to prevent this from happening, this is a customised site and we will be forcing users ...
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Getting SharePoint to return a usable .ics file

How do I get SharePoint to generate the correct iCal format? I used the directions on several sites Specifically this one to get Sharpoint to create an .ics file and hyperlink so that when users ...
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Share Point task list email notifications

I created the workflow in sharepoint designer using Collect data from user option. The approver receives three automated mail. 1) Notification to approve - Task assigned email 2) After approval, task ...
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Deactivate email-notifications for SPLists only temporally (and programmatically)

So here's my Problem: I have a list which is used to notificate user. (Announcements) So it's essential that the email notifications work for most of the time. The announcement (items) get saved in ...
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Sending an email using sharepoint object model sharepoint 2010

i have been working on generating email in an event receiver using share point object model..i used the sputility.sendemail method..2 things are necessary in the email(email from and HTML body)..so i ...
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Some incoming emails being rejected on new email-enabled list

I've just set up a new SP list to log purchases made by our department. Whenever we buy something, we'll use the email address corresponding to a distribution group that contains myself and an ...
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SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail Change "From" display text

When sending emails via SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail, is it possible to change the From's display name so that it says something different rather than a title of the current site? I'm fully aware ...
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Modify Approval Status Value

I am sending an email through workflow and would like to indicate the Approval status. For example, I want the email to look like this: Your request has been Approved by the Administrator. OR ...
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Event receiver not firing on item added via email

I have a list that have been configure to receive incoming email. I also create event receiver for that list (on itemAdded and on itemAdding). The problem is, my event receiver not executed when ...
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_api/SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail does not work with users without authorization on the current site

I have the following issue. From JS code in the add-in app (SP online) I am calling the SP Utilities to send an email to users, in the same SP domain obviously (not external accounts). The function is ...
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Workflow to send Reminder Email based on Reminder Date

I am currently dealing with a doubt rather than a problem. I would appreciate it if you could help me out. So i have a workflow in which i pause it until the reminder date and then send an email. I ...
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Send e-mail with SMTP (Office 365)

I need to show a popup-window with a basic e-mail layout and send the e-mail after pressing the send button. The popup, I've created and also the webpart within. But when I want to send the e-mail, it ...
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Duplicate emails being sent from Power Automate Flow. Using multiple Selectable column is issue

Hoping to get some insights / direction here. I posted on the community MS forum but no-one really help. I'm not very technical and have been battling for months to build a full solution anyways. ...
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How to wait for task & CC email with 2013 workflow?

Goal I'm trying to make a workflow (2013) in O365 that requires this flow: Create a task for UserA Email UserA to notify about the task, and CC UserB Wait for UserA to complete the task Sounds ...
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Alert not working for single site collection

I have a problem related alerts. It is working okay with all site collections I have tested except one. Interesting part is when I apply alert in any list of that site it sends mail that alert has ...
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