Setting up e-mail addresses for event notification

You can set up the system to send your employees event notifications. Once you record an employee’s e-mail address, you can associate it with one or more groups.

As needed, you can manage e-mail addresses by:

  • Modifying them

  • Assigning them to different groups

  • Removing them from the system

Adding an e-mail address

To record the e-mail addresses of employees who are to receive event notifications, follow these steps.

  1. Go to one of the following:

    • CarrierHub
      Menu > Configuration > Carrier Configuration > Configure Email Notifications
      The Configure Email Notifications page opens.

      Note: The e-mail identifies the load, carrier, and any comments the carrier recorded for the load request.

    • eStat
      Menu > Configuration > Customer Configuration > Email Notifications
      The Email Notifications page opens.

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  2. In the E-Mail Address field at the top of the page, enter the person’s e-mail address.

  3. Click Add.
    A message appears at the top of the page, stating your changes were saved successfully.

  4. Continue with Adding an e-mail address to a group.

Adding an e-mail address to a group

You can send a single notification e-mail to a group of addresses simultaneously. Groups are defined on these pages:

  • CarrierHub: Group Definition page

  • eStat: Define Groups page

An e-mail address can belong to more than one group. A user whose e-mail address belongs to more than one group may receive more than one notification e-mail.

To assign e-mail addresses to a group, follow these steps:

  1. Go to one of the following:

    • CarrierHub
      Menu > Configuration > Carrier Configuration > Configure Email Notifications
      The Configure Email Notifications page opens.

    • eStat
      Menu > Configuration > Customer Configuration > Email Notifications
      The Email Notifications page opens.

  2. In the Active Email Addresses list, click on the e-mail address that you want to add to a group.
    Note: You can select only one e-mail address at a time.

  3. Click image12 Assign Groups in eStat or image13 Assign Groups in CarrierHub.
    The available groups appear at the bottom of the page.

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  4. Select the check box for each group to which the e-mail address should belong.
    Each dispatcher whose e-mail address is assigned to a specific group will see the notifications only for orders specified for that group.

  5. Click image15 Save Group Assignments.
    A message indicates that the group assignment was successful.

Removing an e-mail address from a group

You define groups on these pages:

  • CarrierHub: Group Definition page

  • eStat: Define Groups page

To remove e-mail addresses from a group, follow these steps.

  1. Go to one of the following:

    • CarrierHub
      Menu > Configuration > Carrier Configuration > Configure Email Notifications
      The Configure Email Notifications page opens.

    • eStat
      Menu > Configuration > Customer Configuration > Email Notifications
      The Email Notifications page opens.

  2. In the Active Email Addresses list, click on an e-mail address that you want to remove from a group.

  3. Click image12 Assign Groups in eStat or image13 Assign Groups in CarrierHub.
    The available groups appear at the bottom of the page.

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  4. Clear the check box for each group from which the e-mail address should be removed.

  5. Click image15 Save Group Assignments.
    A message indicates that the group assignment was successful.

Modifying an e-mail address

To change an e-mail address for event notifications, follow these steps.

  1. Go to one of the following:

    • CarrierHub
      Menu > Configuration > Carrier Configuration > Configure Email Notifications
      The Configure Email Notifications page opens.

    • eStat
      Menu > Configuration > Customer Configuration > Email Notifications
      The Email Notifications page opens.

  2. In the Active Email Addresses list, click on an e-mail address that you want to modify.

  3. Click image16 Modify Address.

  4. Enter the new e-mail address at the top of the page.

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  5. Click image15 Save.
    A message indicates that the change was successful.

Deactivating an e-mail address

To remove an e-mail address from the Active Email Addresses notification list, follow these steps.

  1. Go to one of the following:

    • CarrierHub
      Menu > Configuration > Carrier Configuration > Configure Email Notifications
      The Configure Email Notifications page opens.

    • eStat
      Menu > Configuration > Customer Configuration > Email Notifications
      The Email Notifications page opens.

  2. In the Active Email Addresses list, click the e-mail address that you want to deactivate.

  3. Click image6 Deactivate.
    The e-mail address is moved to the Inactive Email Addresses list.

Reactivating an inactive e-mail address

To reinstate inactive e-mail addresses, follow these steps.

  1. Go to one of the following:

    • CarrierHub
      Menu > Configuration > Carrier Configuration > Configure Email Notifications.
      The Configure Email Notifications page opens.

    • eStat
      Menu > Configuration > Customer Configuration > Email Notifications.
      The Email Notifications page opens.

  2. In the Inactive Email Addresses list, click on the e-mail address that you want to return to the Active Email Addresses notification list.

  3. Click image5 Activate.
    The e-mail address is moved to the Active Email Addresses list.

Deleting an e-mail address

To remove an inactive e-mail address permanently, follow these steps. Only inactive e-mail addresses can be deleted.

  1. Go to one of the following:

    • CarrierHub
      Menu > Configuration > Carrier Configuration > Configure Email Notifications
      The Configure Email Notifications page opens.

    • eStat
      Menu > Configuration > Customer Configuration > Email Notifications
      The Email Notifications page opens.

  2. In the Inactive Email Addresses list, click on the e-mail address that you want to delete.

  3. Click image18 Delete.
    A message indicates that the e-mail address was successfully deleted.