Email notifications
The Onegini IDP sends email messages in order to notify or interact with the user.
Email notifications for personal accounts
The following diagram illustrates when particular types of email messages can be sent.
The following table summarises the supported email types:
Email type | Description | Interaction type |
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EMAIL_INVITATION | Invitation to sign-up to the Onegini IDP | User interaction expected |
WELCOME_EMAIL | Introductory message to welcome a new user. | Informative |
EMAIL_NOTIFICATION | Information that person's attributes values has changed. | Informative |
EMAIL_VERIFICATION | The message that serves to confirm ownership of an email address. The message is sent in case the new email address needs to be confirmed. It will be sent to a person that has just signed up in case the email verification is mandatory as well as in case the email address attribute has been changed. | User interaction expected |
EMAIL_STEP_UP | Perform step-up authentication via email. | User interaction expected |
EMAIL_PASSWORD_RESET | Continue password reset process. | User interaction expected |
EMAIL_PASSWORD_RESET_NO_PASSWORD | Information that the password reset cannot be performed because Username and Password identity is not defined. | Informative |
EMAIL_PASSWORD_BLOCKED | Information that a person has been blocked due to exceeded number of invalid login attempts. | Informative |
EMAIL_PERSON_REMOVED | Person account in the Onegini IDP has been removed. | Informative |
Email notifications for administrator accounts
Email type | Description | Interaction type |
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ADMIN_BLOCKED | Administrator account has been blocked | Informative |
Email sending integration
Email sending requires a gateway to be configured in order to work properly. Onegini IDP supports integration with an SMTP server or - via customized connector - integration with any other system that can send notifications (ex. SAP).