Pete SheillDeveloper on the CLR teamHow to verify Tfs is sending emails- November 28, 2005 In some cases, it's necessary to verify that Tfs is attempting to send emails. In the release version, we've made sure that errors connecting to the mail server are logged in the Application event log on the TF Server. Until release, or if you would like more details, you can turn on tracing. To do so, open Program FilesMicrosoft Team Foundation 2005Web Servicesweb.config and look for this section: <system.diagnostics> <assert assertuienabled="false" > <trace..http://blogs.msdn.com/psheill/archive/2005/11/28/497662.aspx How Tfs sends emails - testing the smtp pipes- November 22, 2005 If you are having trouble getting Tfs to send emails, one thing to test is connectivity and permission to send. Sometimes the mail server will refuse to accept email if the sending account doesn't itself have a mailbox, or if the "from" address doesn't match the account that is connecting to the server. Log in as the service account, create a console application, copy and paste the following code, replace the first three strings with the appropriate values, compile and run it. If it.http://blogs.msdn.com/psheill/archive/2005/11/22/495863.aspx Team Foundation Server (Tfs) Events- November 21, 2005 Ive been meaning to write more about Team Foundation Server (TFS) events and notifications for some time now. These are the hooks for being notified of, for example, checkins or workitem (bug) changes. Now that our beta3 is out, a lot more people are testing the features. Many customers want to enable email notification. Some partners are looking at using them to integrate other tools. So Id like to write more about them in some upcoming posts. First...http://blogs.msdn.com/psheill/archive/2005/11/21/495366.aspx |