Setting up E-mail for SSRS 2008

You can set up SSRS 2008 to send emails using local SMTP server or remote SMTP server.

Local SMTP server setting is similar to the following in rsreportserver.config:

Note: the element name and value must be in the same line.

<UrlRoot>http://server/ReportServer</UrlRoot>

<Extension Name="Report Server Email" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.EmailDeliveryProvider.EmailProvider,ReportingServicesEmailDeliveryProvider">
                <MaxRetries>3</MaxRetries>
                <SecondsBeforeRetry>900</SecondsBeforeRetry>
                <Configuration>
                    <RSEmailDPConfiguration>
                        <SMTPServer></SMTPServer>
                        <SMTPServerPort>
                        </SMTPServerPort>
                        <SMTPAccountName>
                        </SMTPAccountName>
                        <SMTPConnectionTimeout>
                        </SMTPConnectionTimeout>
                        <SMTPServerPickupDirectory>D:\inetpub\mailroot\Pickup</SMTPServerPickupDirectory>
                        <SMTPUseSSL>
                        </SMTPUseSSL>
                        <SendUsing>1</SendUsing>
                        <SMTPAuthenticate>
                        </SMTPAuthenticate>
                        <From>noreply@server.com</From>
                        <EmbeddedRenderFormats>
                            <RenderingExtension>MHTML</RenderingExtension>
                        </EmbeddedRenderFormats>
                        <PrivilegedUserRenderFormats>
                        </PrivilegedUserRenderFormats>
                        <ExcludedRenderFormats>
                            <RenderingExtension>HTMLOWC</RenderingExtension>
                            <RenderingExtension>NULL</RenderingExtension>
                            <RenderingExtension>RGDI</RenderingExtension>
                        </ExcludedRenderFormats>
                        <SendEmailToUserAlias>True</SendEmailToUserAlias>
                        <DefaultHostName>
                        </DefaultHostName>
                        <PermittedHosts>
                        </PermittedHosts>
                    </RSEmailDPConfiguration>
                </Configuration>
            </Extension>

Remote SMTP server setting is similar to the following in rsreportserver.config:

Note: the element name and value must be in the same line.

<UrlRoot>http://server/ReportServer</UrlRoot>

<Extension Name="Report Server Email" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.EmailDeliveryProvider.EmailProvider,ReportingServicesEmailDeliveryProvider">
                <MaxRetries>3</MaxRetries>
                <SecondsBeforeRetry>900</SecondsBeforeRetry>
                <Configuration>
                    <RSEmailDPConfiguration>
                        <SMTPServer>RemoteServerName</SMTPServer>
                        <SMTPServerPort>25</SMTPServerPort>
                        <SMTPAccountName>
                        </SMTPAccountName>
                        <SMTPConnectionTimeout>
                        </SMTPConnectionTimeout>
                        <SMTPServerPickupDirectory>
                        </SMTPServerPickupDirectory>
                        <SMTPUseSSL>
                        </SMTPUseSSL>
                        <SendUsing>2</SendUsing>
                        <SMTPAuthenticate>
                        </SMTPAuthenticate>
                        <From>noreply@server.com</From>
                        <EmbeddedRenderFormats>
                            <RenderingExtension>MHTML</RenderingExtension>
                        </EmbeddedRenderFormats>
                        <PrivilegedUserRenderFormats>
                        </PrivilegedUserRenderFormats>
                        <ExcludedRenderFormats>
                            <RenderingExtension>HTMLOWC</RenderingExtension>
                            <RenderingExtension>NULL</RenderingExtension>
                            <RenderingExtension>RGDI</RenderingExtension>
                        </ExcludedRenderFormats>
                        <SendEmailToUserAlias>True</SendEmailToUserAlias>
                        <DefaultHostName>
                        </DefaultHostName>
                        <PermittedHosts>
                        </PermittedHosts>
                    </RSEmailDPConfiguration>
                </Configuration>
            </Extension>