Email Notifications

The Email Notification Templates feature allows administrators to create, customize, and manage email notifications sent to users when actions are taken on their emails.

Template list

  • Search Bar: Allows users to find specific templates by name or subject.

  • Filters:

    • Type: Filter by notification type (e.g., security alerts, policy actions).
  • Template Columns:

    • Template Name: The name assigned to the notification template.
    • Subject: The notification email subject.
  • Template Buttons:

    • Delete: Delete the selected template.
    • Clone: Clone the selected template.
  • Pagination Controls: Users can navigate through multiple pages of templates.

Editing an Email Notification Template

Clicking on a template from the list opens the Template Details page, where users can configure email notification content.

Template Settings

  • Email Template Name: The display name of the template.
  • Subject: The notification email subject.
  • Email Sender: Specifies the sender email address, for example: noreply@mycompany.com.
    • The sender field can also include both display name and email address as follows: "Display name" <noreply@mycompany.com>.

Email Content Customization

  • HTML Tab:

    • Provides a rich text editor for formatting email content.
    • Users can insert fields, format text, add tables, and customize the layout.
    • Example content: "Your email was blocked due to a security issue."
  • Plain Text Tab:

    • Used for text-based email clients.

When editing HTML content, the plain text version is automatically updated, based on the content provided.

Email Content Preview

  • Shows a sample notification email with placeholders replaced by actual data.

Scripting Language

It is also possible to additionally customize templates using the Handlebars template scripting language. For more information see: https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/

Custom Fields

The following field can be inserted into email notification templates:

NameDescription
First NameAffected user's first name
SubjectAffected email subject
FromAffected email From: address
ToAffected email To: address
DateAffected email date/time
VerdictPolicy verdict
EnginesNumber of MetaScan™ Multiscanning engines used to scan content
Detected enginesNumber of MetaScan™ Multiscanning engines that triggered the policy verdict
Action URLLink to end-user actions wizard
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard
Type to search, ESC to discard