Installation Guides > UNICOM Intelligence licensing > UNICOM License Server reference > Configuring UNICOM License Server > Getting email reminders before your license expires
 
Getting email reminders before your license expires
The UNICOM License Server can send email messages when your license is close to expiring, or has expired. It sends the messages when it starts, and then every 24 hours.
The messages are submitted by SMTP to a non-authenticating mail server. If you have configured UNICOM Intelligence to send emails, you can usually use the same server. You might want to set up a relay: see the UNICOM Systems, Inc. Knowledge Base article, K34-1224.
To configure email alerts
1 Backup the ult_licesrv.ini file. This file is in the working directory for the License Server; on Windows, this is usually C:\Program Files\UNICOM Global\License Server.
2 Edit the ult_licesrv.ini file, and then add a section like this:
[EmailAlerts]
SMTPHostname=name
Sender=sender_address
Recipients=recipient_list
SMTPPort=port
WarningThresholdDays=number
SendTestEmail=[0|1]
Mandatory parameters
SMTPHostname=name
The name of the computer that the mail server is on.
Sender=sender_address
The email address from which to send the messages.
Recipients=recipient_list
The email addresses to which to send the messages. To specify two or more one email addresses, separate them by using a comma.
Optional parameters
SMTPPort=port
The port number that the mail server uses. The default value is 25.
WarningThresholdDays=number
The number of days before the license expiry when you want to start sending the messages. The default value is 14.
SendTestEmail=[0|1]
1 sends a test message (see Testing the email reminders). The default value is 0.
Testing the email reminders
1 To test the configuration, set SendTestEmail to 1, and then restart the license server. The license server sends a test message to the addresses that are in the Recipients list.
2 After you have received the test message, set SendTestEmail to 0, and then restart the license server again.