Email Alarms Service

Overview

The Email Alarms Service delivers SBN alarm notifications by email. On a fixed timer it polls the SBN database for queued alarm-email records, builds each message — applying the configured header and footer text to the alarm body — and sends it to the recipients defined for that alarm. Where an alarm's recipient is a distribution list, the service expands the list so every member receives a copy. Successfully sent records are marked complete and removed from the queue; records that fail to send are flagged so they are not retried indefinitely.

The service requires a working SBN data-server connection and a valid SMTP server. If either is missing or invalid at start-up, the service logs the reason and stops.

Service Manager

Instructions for installing and interacting with this service is found here.

Service Properties

Only properties specific to this service are listed here. Common service properties (SBN Server connection, Logging, SMTP) are found here.

Timer (In Seconds)

How often the service checks the SBN database for queued alarm emails. Default is 10 seconds.

Max Records

The maximum number of queued alarm-email records the service pulls and sends in a single pass of the timer. Lower values smooth the send rate; higher values clear a backlog faster. Default is 1000.