We have been testing SendGrid’s (https://sendgrid.com ) free service, which allows to send up to 100 mails per day.

SendGrid

1. Generate an account and log into it

2. Under Setting click API Keys and there the “Create API Key” button in the upper right corner

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   Give your key a name and select “Full Access”. Click “Create & View”.

   

4. This generates a Key which you should save for later use.

   

5. Also under “Settings” click “Sender Authentication” and make sure your account is verified.

   

Tools On Air Just Control Configuration

To add a mail notification, open the Events tab of the Just Control Configuration window, like described here: 12.10 Channel - Events (v3.0)

1. Under “Event device and protocol” select HTTP (Rest, AJA Kumo, SendGrid Email) and click “Add”.

   

2. The configuration window opens. Select SendGrid Email under Presets and click “+”.

   

3. Click “Authorization” and paste the API key into the “Value” field.

   

4. Click “Sender” and type in the mail address of the sender into the “Value” field.

   

5. Click “Recipient” and type in the mail address of the recipient into the “Value” field.

   

6. Click “Subject” and type in the text you would like to see as the subject of the email you’ll receive into the “Value” field.

   

7. Click “Message” and type in the text you would like to see in the email you’ll receive into the “Value” field.

   

8. Click “Test” to verify the connection to the SendGrid server and click OK to take over the settings defined.

9. Now you can use the event as part of the failover option.