Easy Forms can be configured to send email notifications the user, staff, or others. This provides the benefits of not only confirming to users their submission was successful, but also notifying staff members of a new submission that may require action on their part.
Because Easy Forms have their own unique set of notifications, you will need to perform these steps for each form that requires email notifications.
How do I configure email notifications?
To setup and configure email notifications for an easy form:
- From the Dashboard, click Easy Forms
- Find the form by:
- Browsing the list, OR
- Searching the list by form name
- Once found, under the Operations column, click the drop-down arrow, then Settings
- Click Emails/Handlers in the menu near the top
- Click +Add Email, complete the form that opens in the window on the right
- Title, this is the administrative name of the email notification
- In the Send To section
- To email, the address the notification will be sent to (see email options below)
- CC email, the address(s) that will be carbon copied on the form submission, this is optional (see email options below)
- BCC email, the address(s) that will be blind carbon copied on the form submission, this is optional (see email options below)
- In the Send From section
- From email, the address that will appear as the sender of the notification (see email options below)
- From name, the name that will appear as the sender of the notification (see email options below)
- In the Reply To section
- Reply-to email, the address used for reply submissions (see email options below)
- Typically, Reply-to addresses are different than the From addresses, assuming you want someone else to receive replies that are created by users who reply to the email notifications
- Reply-to email, the address used for reply submissions (see email options below)
- In the Message section
- Subject, select or manually enter the subject of the email notification
- Body, select Custom body or Default
- If custom body is selected, enter the element(s) and text for the message in the text box below
- Click Save
Email Options
- Custom To Email Address
- When selected, you'll be prompted manually enter a valid email address
- Default [site:mail] Address
- This address is configured in the Dashboard, under System Configuration, then Site Configuration, then Site Details
- Elements
- The email notification will be sent to the value of the form submission for the selected element
- Note: this will fail if the value is not a valid email address
- The email notification will be sent to the value of the form submission for the selected element
- Other: Site Email Address
- This address is configured in the Dashboard, under System Configuration, then Site Configuration, then Site Details
- Other: Current Email Address
- This is the address configured for the authenticated user
- Note: this will not work when form is submitted by an anonymous user
- This is the address configured for the authenticated user
- Other: Webform Author Email Address
- This is the address of the user who created the form
- Other: Webform Submission Owner Email Address
- This is the address of the user who reviews submissions
- Note: this option only works for authenticated users
- This is the address of the user who reviews submissions