To use FME Server's built-in email server, it must be publicly accessible.

To use FME Server's built-in email server, it must be publicly accessible.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It must be publicly accessible to receive emails
• D. It can be used entirely privately

Answer: (A)

The built-in email server in FME Server is there to receive messages from external mail systems, not just to send messages. For those inbound emails to reach the server, the FME Server instance needs to be reachable from the Internet. That means a publicly accessible address (or a setup that forwards external mail to the internal host) is required so external mail servers can deliver messages to FME Server. If the server isn’t publicly accessible, inbound triggers or notifications that rely on receiving mail won’t work. So, using the built-in email server to receive emails indeed requires public accessibility.

The built-in email server in FME Server is there to receive messages from external mail systems, not just to send messages. For those inbound emails to reach the server, the FME Server instance needs to be reachable from the Internet. That means a publicly accessible address (or a setup that forwards external mail to the internal host) is required so external mail servers can deliver messages to FME Server. If the server isn’t publicly accessible, inbound triggers or notifications that rely on receiving mail won’t work. So, using the built-in email server to receive emails indeed requires public accessibility.