PMP Manual National - Jul. 2014 | Page 85

PATIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Most email programs have limits on the number of emails that can be sent per hour, day, week, etc. Familiarize yourself with the limits so that you do not receive rejections for exceeding your maximum. You may wish to set up more than one account and vary the account when sending group emails. Click Save Changes, and OK. Once you have completed the Outgoing Email Setup screen click Send Test Email followed by Test. Read the Test Result. Hopefully your email was successful. If your test was not successful use the error list below for troubleshooting. Test Email Errors Below is a list of error messages that may be received if your Outgoing Email Setup is incorrect when you use the Send Test Email button: • • • • Socket error #11001 Host not found – this is incorrect information in the SMTP field. Check the chart above or contact your ISP/email provider Socket error # 10060 Connection timed out – incorrect information in the Port field. Check the chart above or contact your ISP/email provider Access denied – Username or Password incorrect. Check your typing and/or details. Contact your ISP/email provider Arithmetic exception or From Address not verified – some ISP/email providers will not allow a different Reply to Address than the User Name. Correct the reply address to be the same as the user name. Setup Default Email Templates Emails sent to patients require text in the body of the email. Templates have been included that you can customize for your office or you can create your own. You can edit them during the sending process or in advance. To create / edit templates in advance go to the File menu, Wordprocessor. Select File, Open. Double click a template. Email templates names begin with em_. 84 | Email