Notifications
The settings on the Notifications tab of the Global Settings page let you configure how users are notified about changes applied to issues and articles in YouTrack.
Email Server Settings
These settings let you configure the connection between YouTrack and a mail server. This enables notifications in YouTrack over email. For detailed instructions, see Enable Email Notifications.
Setting | Description |
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Email notifications | This control enables or disables email notifications in YouTrack. |
Server address | The server address of your mail server. |
Server port | The connection port for the mail server. |
Mail protocol | The protocol that is used by your mail server. |
Connect anonymously | When enabled, YouTrack connects to your mail service without sending a username and password. Use when your mail service does not require authentication. When this option is enabled, the input fields for SMTP username and SMTP password are disabled. Values that are stored in these settings are ignored. |
Username | The username of the account that is used to access the mail server. |
Password | The password for the account that is used to access the mail server. |
SSL key | This list lets you select an SSL key that contains a trusted certificate and its public and private key pairs. The key identifies YouTrack as a client when it tries to connect to your mail server. |
From address | The default address for sending email notifications from YouTrack. This sets the value for the For more information, see From and Reply-to Addresses. |
Reply-to address | An optional address to which email replies are sent. This sets the value for the |
Send test message | This control lets you test the connection to your mail server by sending a test message to a specific email address. |
Jabber Service Settings
These settings let you configure the connection between YouTrack and a Jabber service. This enables notifications in YouTrack over XMPP. For detailed instructions, see Enable Notifications over Jabber.
To disable sending notifications over Jabber, deselect the Enable check box.
Setting | Description |
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Jabber notifications | This control enables or disables Jabber notifications in YouTrack. |
Server address | The server address of your Jabber service. |
Server port | The connection port for the Jabber service. |
Service name | The name of your Jabber service. Use when the service name and address (hostname) are not the same. This setting is commonly required for |
Username | The username of the account that is used to access the Jabber service. Use the format |
Password | The password for the account that is used to access the Jabber service. |
SSL key | This list lets you select an SSL keystore that contains a trusted certificate and its public and private key pairs. The keystore identifies YouTrack as a client when it tries to connect to the Jabber service. |
Use legacy SSL | This option disables the certificate validity check for the SSL connection. Recommended only when you are using If you run a YouTrack JAR installation, upgrading the version of your JRE/JDK on the server to at least Java 1.8.0_101 should resolve this problem without having to disable the validity check. |
Send test message | This control lets you test the connection to your Jabber service by sending a test message to a specific Jabber account. |
Notification Templates
This link opens a page that lets you customize the email and Jabber notifications that are sent by YouTrack. For more information, see Notification Templates.