Troubleshooting steps for SharePoint Alerts not Working
Hi Guys, Found a very helpful article on "Troubleshooting SharePoint Alerts not working" issue. This Microsoft Technet article has very detailed troubleshooting steps to start with.This can also be very helpful in Interviews as this a very common question in most of the interviews. Please find the URL below. Also mentioned the detailed steps below ,in case the URL doesn't work. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/13771.troubleshooting-steps-for-sharepoint-alert-email-does-not-go-out.aspx Check Alert Settings: 11) Go to Central Admin à Manage Web Applications à General Settings- à Click the drop down of General Settings and select General Settings. 22) Under Alerts section, check if alerts are ON or OFF. 33) If already enabled, turn it OFF and then ON. 44) Click OK. Test Connectivity with SMTP server: 11) Test the connectivity to the SMTP server by using command prompt. 22) Telnet