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    Email setup

    All email notifications use the email properties that you define for your instance and the email accounts that you set up. Your email service can also affect the successful transmission of incoming and outgoing email.

    Email accounts

    Email administrators set up email accounts to allow the system to connect to external mail services such as POP3, SMTP, or IMAP servers. You can use the ServiceNow-provided email accounts or create your own accounts for your own email services.

    Email properties

    Use Email Properties to configure settings for inbound and outbound email. Email properties apply to all email accounts.

    Email service size restrictions

    Your email service, whether you are using a standard ServiceNow email configuration or an alternate email configuration, determines the successful transmission of incoming or outgoing emails based on a maximum email size. An email configuration consists of your instance, email server, and email client.
    • Standard email configurations – For instances that use the standard email configuration, the ServiceNow mail servers cannot send or receive emails larger than approximately 50 MB (before encoding), including the email header, body text, and attachments. Email messages are encoded by an email client, which increases total email message size. The maximum ServiceNow mail server size restriction is 75 MB (after encoding). The maximum email size limit is enforced regardless of any configured attachment size limits.
    • Alternate email configurations – If your email service uses a company-owned or third-party server, the approximate size restriction of 50 MB (including the email header, body text, and attachments) may still apply. However, your service might support different maximum total file sizes for inbound and outbound emails. Check with the email administrator of your email service to verify email size limits.

    For details on how encoding can affect email message size and email transmission, see KB0521772.

    Email service availability

    Email service is intentionally shut down on instance clones to prevent resending already delivered email. Upgrades no longer require an extended interruption of email service. Instances continue to process email during an upgrade. For a possible explanation for undelivered emails, see the blog post Whitelisting emails sent from the ServiceNow infrastructure by a ServiceNow Technical Support Engineer in the Now Community.

    For instructions on creating and sending custom emails when events on the instance occur, see the tasks in Email and SMS notifications.

    Instance-to-instance communication via email

    Use Web services to communicate between two instances.

    Designate blacklisted and whitelisted email domains

    Using Instance Security Center, you can monitor the blocked and allowed incoming email metrics for your instance. For more information, see Designate blacklisted and whitelisted email domains.

    • Basic email setup

      All production instances can send and receive email using ServiceNow-provided resources. The instance has an email address of instance@service-now.com.

    • Advanced email setup

      With an advanced email setup, you can use your own SMTP server, POP3 server, or both.

    • Email accounts

      Email accounts store the connection details and credentials the system uses to access external email servers and services.

    • Email properties

      The Email Properties page is where you can configure settings for inbound and outbound email.

    Related concepts
    • Domain separation and Notifications
    • Troubleshooting notification emails
    Related reference
    • Next steps after enabling email

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      Email setup

      All email notifications use the email properties that you define for your instance and the email accounts that you set up. Your email service can also affect the successful transmission of incoming and outgoing email.

      Email accounts

      Email administrators set up email accounts to allow the system to connect to external mail services such as POP3, SMTP, or IMAP servers. You can use the ServiceNow-provided email accounts or create your own accounts for your own email services.

      Email properties

      Use Email Properties to configure settings for inbound and outbound email. Email properties apply to all email accounts.

      Email service size restrictions

      Your email service, whether you are using a standard ServiceNow email configuration or an alternate email configuration, determines the successful transmission of incoming or outgoing emails based on a maximum email size. An email configuration consists of your instance, email server, and email client.
      • Standard email configurations – For instances that use the standard email configuration, the ServiceNow mail servers cannot send or receive emails larger than approximately 50 MB (before encoding), including the email header, body text, and attachments. Email messages are encoded by an email client, which increases total email message size. The maximum ServiceNow mail server size restriction is 75 MB (after encoding). The maximum email size limit is enforced regardless of any configured attachment size limits.
      • Alternate email configurations – If your email service uses a company-owned or third-party server, the approximate size restriction of 50 MB (including the email header, body text, and attachments) may still apply. However, your service might support different maximum total file sizes for inbound and outbound emails. Check with the email administrator of your email service to verify email size limits.

      For details on how encoding can affect email message size and email transmission, see KB0521772.

      Email service availability

      Email service is intentionally shut down on instance clones to prevent resending already delivered email. Upgrades no longer require an extended interruption of email service. Instances continue to process email during an upgrade. For a possible explanation for undelivered emails, see the blog post Whitelisting emails sent from the ServiceNow infrastructure by a ServiceNow Technical Support Engineer in the Now Community.

      For instructions on creating and sending custom emails when events on the instance occur, see the tasks in Email and SMS notifications.

      Instance-to-instance communication via email

      Use Web services to communicate between two instances.

      Designate blacklisted and whitelisted email domains

      Using Instance Security Center, you can monitor the blocked and allowed incoming email metrics for your instance. For more information, see Designate blacklisted and whitelisted email domains.

      • Basic email setup

        All production instances can send and receive email using ServiceNow-provided resources. The instance has an email address of instance@service-now.com.

      • Advanced email setup

        With an advanced email setup, you can use your own SMTP server, POP3 server, or both.

      • Email accounts

        Email accounts store the connection details and credentials the system uses to access external email servers and services.

      • Email properties

        The Email Properties page is where you can configure settings for inbound and outbound email.

      Related concepts
      • Domain separation and Notifications
      • Troubleshooting notification emails
      Related reference
      • Next steps after enabling email

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