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TFS email alerts is not working for some reason. Any possible reasons ?

I think tfs 2015(VSO) doesn't need SMTP server settings and should directly work. I created simple requests, none are working. what's possibly can go wrong ?

simple alert request

more info: TFS server running on windows 2008 server

chandu
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  • Talk to your operations team and ensure that the alerts aren't getting bounced by your SMTP server. – Daniel Mann Sep 22 '16 at 20:49
  • thanks for the reply. but why you gave -1 ? – chandu Sep 23 '16 at 06:50
  • ...Which one are you actually using TFS2015 or VSTS(Changed name from VSO)? TFS2015 is on-premise and VSTS is could side. – PatrickLu-MSFT Sep 23 '16 at 07:20
  • For TFS2015 the server address should be `http://xxx:8080/tfs` and For VSTS(VSO) the server address should be `https://youraccoutn.visualstudio.com` – PatrickLu-MSFT Sep 23 '16 at 07:29
  • Thanks Patrick, i am using TFS2015. But i still can see "my alerts" in my profile menu. https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/work/track/alerts-and-notifications , it was mentioned - If you don't see this option, then you must configure an SMTP server to support TFS. – chandu Sep 23 '16 at 07:48

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If you are using on-premise TFS server2015.

For feedback requests and alerts to work, you still need to configure an SMTP server for TFS.

Details steps from MSDN: Configure an SMTP server to support alerts and feedback requests

Give a try after you finish the configuration to see if it works.

My setting

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PatrickLu-MSFT
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  • I tried configuring "Alert settings" .looks fine. But when sending the Test email, i got the error : "Remote certification is invalid according to the validation procedure. " , any help , please ? – chandu Sep 23 '16 at 07:51
  • This issue seems related to SMTP server. Are you using correct SMTP server address? Please also take a look at *Anders Abel*'s answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9983265/the-remote-certificate-is-invalid-according-to-the-validation-procedure. – PatrickLu-MSFT Sep 23 '16 at 08:10
  • Did you check the `This server requires a secured connection(SSL)` ? If so, give a try with uncheck it. Also update my setting for your reference. – PatrickLu-MSFT Sep 23 '16 at 08:15
  • Thanks again. I am using the correct server. i also tried unchecking SSL. then i got SMTserver requires Secure conncetion or client was not authenticated. i will try Anders Abel's answer. – chandu Sep 23 '16 at 08:28
  • No SSL and Authentication: not required. then its working. Thanks a lot for help !!! – chandu Sep 23 '16 at 08:44