COMPANY SETTINGS

Use this tab to establish functional preferences as well as company and email system defaults for this company. These data fields are company-specific and effective for this company only.

Company Settings

Apply Organization Security

Select this check box to apply organization security for this company.

You must specify an organization security group when linking users or user groups to companies in the Manage Users screen or the Manage User Groups screen.

Allow Reusing of Passwords

Select this check box to allow users to reuse old passwords. If this check box is later cleared, Costpoint will start to save used passwords, and users are not able to reuse any password established from then on.

Previously used passwords are not saved in the history file.

UI Background Color

Use this drip-down list to select a background color for this company. This color is applied to Costpoint screens as background when users access this company.

Email System

Costpoint uses this group box to connect to the SMTP server for routing outgoing email messages.

SMTP Server Name

Use this field to enter the name of the email server that is responsible for sending outgoing mail.

SMTP Port Number

Use this field to enter the port number to use when sending email via SMTP protocol.  

SMTP Server User ID

Use this field to enter a system account user ID to use for SMTP server authentication.

Password

Use this field to enter the password for the SMTP Server User ID.

Require SSL/TLS

Select this check box if your SMTP server requires encryption.

Company Defaults

Use this group box to set the company defaults. You can override these settings using the Configure User Preferences screen and/or Manage Users screen.

Print Cover Page

Select this check box to always print a cover page for reports.

Report Table Purge (Days)

Use this field to enter the number of days after which Costpoint must purge the report table data.