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Updated notifier documentation.

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1) Added missing notifiers to general notifier page and rearranged
notifiers to be in alphabetical order.
2) Added documentation about new name property for notifiers and how it
works into the service call.
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Ryan Kraus 2015-08-19 23:54:10 -04:00
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@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ To enable notification by e-mail in your installation, add the following to your
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
name: NOTIFIER_NAME
platform: mail
server: MAIL_SERVER
port: YOUR_SMTP_PORT
@ -27,9 +28,13 @@ notify:
recipient: YOUR_RECIPIENT
```
This platform is fragile and not able to catch all exceptions in a smart way because of the large number of possible configuration combinations.
Setting the optional parameter `name` allows multiple notifiers to be created.
The default value is `notify`. The notifier will bind to the service
`notify.NOTIFIER_NAME`.
A combination that will work properly is port 587 and STARTTLS. It's recommanded to enable STARTTLS, if possible.
This platform is fragile and not able to catch all exceptions in a smart way because of the large number of possible configuration combinations.
A combination that will work properly is port 587 and STARTTLS. It's recommanded to enable STARTTLS, if possible.
Keep in mind that if the password contains a colon, it needs to be wrapped in apostrophes in the `configuration.yaml` file.