Email Notifications Rollout
 
 
 
Command entry:Main toolbar (Render Setup) Render Setup dialog Common panel Email Notifications rollout
Command entry:Rendering menu Render Setup Render Setup dialog Common panel Email Notifications rollout

This rollout lets a rendering job send email notifications, as network rendering does. Such notifications can be useful when you launch a lengthy render, such as an animation, and don't care to spend all your time near the system doing the rendering.

Interface

Enable Notifications

When on, the renderer sends an email notification when certain events happen. Default=off.

Categories group

Notify Progress

Sends emails to indicate rendering progress. An email is sent every time the number of frames specified in Every Nth Frame has completed rendering. Default=off.

  • Every Nth FrameThe number of frames used by Notify Progress. Default=1.
    TipIf you turn on Notify Progress, almost certainly you want this value to be greater than the default!
Notify Failures

Sends an email notification only if something occurs to prevent the completion of a rendering. Default=on.

Notify Completion

Sends an email notification when a rendering job is complete. Default=off.

Email Options group

From

Enter the email address of the person who initiates the rendering job.

To

Enter the email address of the person who needs to know the rendering status.

SMTP Server

Enter the numeric IP address of the system you use as a mail server.