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Zivver WebApp administrator manual
WebApp overview
In the Zivver WebApp, the
users can do work on conversations. The administrators can use the WebApp to configure their Zivver
products.
The Organization overview in the WebApp is the window from where you access the
functions of the Zivver WebApp.
The WebApp is a cloud application. As such,
installation, uninstallation, and updating are not required
Deployment
To start the WebApp administrator panel, you
open the page Organization Overview
in a web browser.
WebApp system requirements
The Zivver WebApp runs in a browser. For details,
refer to the Product compatibility guide.
Change the WebApp interface language
- English
- Dutch
- German
Procedure
- Open the Profile Settings
Profil-Einstellungen, Profiel.
- In the dropdown box Language, select the language.
Organization Overview window
The Organization overview in the WebApp is the window from where you access the
functions of the Zivver WebApp.
You can access those functions through the menu structure, the tiles, and through
a URL.
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General (Algemeen, Allgemeines)
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Organization account settings (Organisatieaccount, Organisationsprofil)
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Organizational units, (Organisatie-eenheden, Organisationseinheiten)
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Domains (Domeinnamen, Domains)
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Notifications (Notificatieberichten, Benachrichtigungen)
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DNS settings (Notificatieberichten, Benachrichtigungen)
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User administration (Gebruikers beheren, Benutzerverwaltung)
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Account settings (Gebruikers beheren, Accounts)
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Single sign-On (Single sign-on, Single Sign-on)
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Trusted networks (Vertrouwde netwerken,Vertrauenswürdige Netzwerke)
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Export user data (Exporteer gebruikersdata, Benutzerdaten exportieren)
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Security (Veiligheid, Sicherheit)
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Business rules (Bedrijfsregels, Organisationsregeln)
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Recipient verification (Gedeelde ontvangerscontrole Empfängerverifizierung)
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Messages revocation, (Verloopdatum berichten, Nachrichten zurückziehen)
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Verification methods (Verificatiemethoden, Verifizierungsverfahren)
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Insights (Inzichten, Analyse)
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Audit log, (Auditlog, Audit-log)
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Statistics (Statistieken, Statistik)
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Apps & Integrations (Apps & Integraties, Apps & Integrationen)
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Plugin settings(Plug-in-instellingen, Plugin-Einstellungen)
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API keys (API sleutels, API-Schlüssel)
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Conversation starters (Conversatiestarters, Conversations Starter(s))
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Support (Support, Support)
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Support contact setup (Support contact setup, Support contact setup)
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Zivver Support(Zivver support, Zivver Support)
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Add-ons (Uitbreidingen, Add-Ons)
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Mail submission (Mail submission, Mail submission)
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Specials (Specials,Sonderfunktionen)
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Organization Branding of your (sub)organization
Configure the appearance of the Zivver notifications.
In the Zivver WebApp, the administrator can make
customizations of your Zivver WebApp messages. You
can also configure the appearance of units that are part of your organization.
- Set your organization logo for the notification mails.
- Change the theme of the Zivver user interface for guest users: Organization branding for guest users.
- Customize the text of your notification message.
- Enable and edit the introduction email to new recipients.
- Set the sender of the notification message.
- Configure the branding of organizational units that are part of your organization.
To review the functions, open these WebApp
pages.
If you want to have more customizations in the guest environment, refer to Customize the
guest portal screen
Change organization name
Procedure
- Open the Organization Account page in the Zivver WebApp.
Business account holder
The business account holder is the contact person between your organization and Zivver.
After the implementation of Zivver in your organization, you can stay connected with
Zivver. For an efficient communication, the administrator can appoint a contact person
to become responsible for Zivver-related matters. Zivver can offer personalized support
and share information with your contact person.
To enter the contact information, open the page in the Zivver WebApp
Organization Account in the WebApp.
Then, scroll down to Zivver Business Account Holder.
Delete your organization from the WebApp
If you remove the account of your organization in the Zivver WebApp, you also remove all the conversations
and files of all the users. If you claimed a domain, this domain becomes available
again. Zivver cannot restore the data.
WARNING
If you delete your organization, all the data is lost. There is
no possibility to restore the data.
Procedure
- Open Organization account in the WebApp.
- Scroll down to the section Delete organization.A button Delete becomes visible when you hover over this section.
- Click Delete.
Network configuration overview
To use the functions of the Zivver WebApp, you must
configure your network. Refer to the particular articles.
DNS configuration overview
The Zivver WebApp does checks on the domains that
you administer for the presence of DNS records. In the DNS settings, you can see the results.
By default, the Zivver notification message appear to come from noreply@zivver.com.
The
recipient can think that this message is spam. But you can change noreply@zivver.com
to
your own address. To change, you must configure your DNS settings in the WebApp.
For more information, refer to Sent Zivver mails from your own domain.
You can change the DNS configuration so that your messages appear to come from your
domain.
SPF
SPF verifies that spf.zivver.com is an authorized host for your organization.
The Zivver Sender Policy Framework (SPF) entry shows that Zivver is allowed to send
email
on behalf of your organization.
DKIM
DKIM verifies that the domain owner authorized the email that the sender sent from that domain.
With DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Zivver can take responsibility for a message.
In
this process, a recipient can verify that message. Zivver generates a public key in
the
Zivver DNS settings in the admin portal. Then, Zivver signs the emails with a private
key so that the receiving mail servers can verify the email.
DANE
With DANE the domain administrators can specify the keys for TLS servers or clients
in
their domain. With this feature, you do not depend on third-party certificates that
attest the legitimacy of the keys. Zivver does tests for a TLSA reclord and of DNSSEC
proof
If you configure DANE correctly for your domain, delivery of verified and encrypted
SMTP
becomes possible. You can then choose that Zivver directly deliver inbound Zivver
messages to your organization.
Returnpath CNAME
The returnpath CNAME is for the processing of non-delivery reports (¨bounces¨)
The Return-Path CNAME points the return path of Zivver emails back to Zivver. These
are
the consequences:
- Zivver receives non-delivery reports (NDR) and the other email feedback that the receiving mail servers sent.
- Zivver can pass this feedback to the Zivver user. For example, Zivver tells the user whether a Zivver message caused an NDR.
- The email passes the SPF alignment test. This is a part of DMARC.
When you create a CNAME record, you create a subdomain
zivverbounce.
and point it to
returnpath.zivver.com.
With this, email providers can route emails
back to Zivver.The administrator must create a subdomain
zivverbounce.yourdomain.com
and set the CNAME record to point to that subdomain. Zivver does checks only on the
zivverbounce subdomain for the existence of a CNAME record. Zivver ignores every other
subdomains that you create and to which you added CNAME records.If a CNAME record is configured, do not set other records for the same subdomain.
Secure delivery of unencrypted messages
Use Inbound Direct Delivery for secure delivery of unencrypted messages. Inbound Direct
Delivery is useful, for example, when you want to store incoming messages in a document
management system.
The administrator can configure Inbound Direct delivery in the Zivver WebApp under DNS Settings. For more information, refer to the Inbound Direct Delivery article.
Accounts
Typical user administration task include these tasks. You can do these tasks from
the
Accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
Note
To prevent lockout, make sure that you have two administrator accounts. To add an
administrator, refer to How to add a second administrator
account.
Add user account or functional account
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Add a user account or a functional account.
- To add a user account, click Add user.
- For a functional account, refer to Create functional account.
The email address must be an address of your claimed domain.
(Un)suspend an account
To suspend an active account, unsuspend a suspended account, do these steps.
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account that you want to process. Then, click Edit
- Scroll to Suspend or Delete Account.
- Click Suspend, or Unsuspend.
Delete an account
To delete an account, do these steps.
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account that you want to process. Then, click Edit
- Scroll to Suspend or Delete Account.
- Click Delete.
Change account type
Promote, demote an account or change to functional.
In the Zivver WebApp, you can change an account
into an administrator, personal user account, or functional account.
If the users use single sign-on (SSO), you can upgrade a user account to a
administrator account. But then, you must set a new temporary password. This is to
make sure that administrators can always log in even when SSO does not function
(temporarily).
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account that you want to process. Then, click Edit
- Scroll to Account type. Then, choose the account type.
Create mail alias
Requirements
You must have a claimed domain.In the Zivver WebApp, you can add a mail alias
to an existing account.
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account that you want to process. Then, click Edit
- Scroll to Mail aliases.
Grant access to read and send on behalf
In the Zivver WebApp, you can grant other
accounts the permission to read and send emails on behalf of a different account.
The users of the other accounts cannot change the host account settings and
password.
This name of this function is Account Delegation.
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account that you want to process. Then, click Edit
- Scroll down until you see the relevant section.
Single sign-on overview
With single sign-on (SSO), users can access more than one applications with one password.
For more information, refer to Single Sign-on Setup.
In the Zivver WebApp, you can configure SSO in the
Single sign-on page. Select Use Single-sign On.
Invite users to your organization
The procedures to invite users to your organization are different for an organization
that uses single sign-on and that does not use single sign-on.
Open the links for the procedure.
- With single sign-on
- Without single sign-on.
Send invitation again
If the status of an account is Invited,
you can send the invitation again or revoke the invitation.
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account.
- Click Resend invitation
Revoke invitation
If the status of an account is Invited,
you can send the invitation again or revoke the invitation.
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account.
- Click Revoke invitation.
Merge of accounts
In the Zivver WebApp, an administrator can merge
two existing accounts. You must enter an existing account as an alias with a second
existing account.
Users log in to the primary e-mail address or an alias. The password is the same.
Zivver
messages that senders send to an alias arrive in the primary account mailbox. At this
moment, it is only possible to send e-mails from the primary email address.
- You must have a claimed domain.
- You cannot merge an administrator account with a user account or functional account. You can do the reverse.
- You cannot merge accounts if the email address is an alias instead of a user account or functional account.
WARNING
You cannot undo the merge.
Merge accounts
WARNING
You cannot undo the merge.
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account that you want to process. Then, click Edit
- Scroll to Mail aliases.
- Enter an existing account.
- Select a claimed domain.
- Click Add alias.
- In the new window, click Merge.
- Make the alias that you set the primary email address.
Change password (administrator)
In the Zivver WebApp, an administrator can
change the password of a user or an administrator.
You cannot change the password of a functional account because a functional account
does not have a password.
You cannot change a user password if the users use single sign-on
Procedure
- Open the accounts page in the Zivver WebApp.
- Highlight the account that you want to process. Then, click Edit
- Scroll down until you see the relevant section.
Export user data
We have disabled this functionality by default to improve the security of the application. Please request Support to enable the FTP export for your organization. With the function Export user data, you
can download data these artifacts of your organization.
- Zivver message bodies
- Information about the sender
- Information about the recipient
- Information about the read receipt
- Information about the attachment.
A user can export their data. For more information, refer to Export user data via FTP.
Export user data
Requirements
Make sure to have an FTP client where you can configure explicit TLS.Introduction
Do these steps to export your organization data by FTP.Procedure
- Open .
- In your FTP client, create a connection to
ftp.zivver.com
- Configure for this connection:
- Explicit TLS
- Port 21
- Connect to the host with these credentials:
- User name: In the Organization Settings > Export user data, copy the user name from the username field.
- Password: In Organization Settings > API Keys, generate an API key. Then, copy this key.
Trust the new certificate.
Security policies
Configure Business rules, recipient verification, messages revocation, verificaion methods for your organization.
In the Zivver WebApp, the administrator can
configure these policies for secure mailing of your organization. For information
about
the functions, open the links to the WebApp in the
Policy column.
Business Rules in the WebApp
Business Rules are the rules that causes an audit event, suggestion, warning or, error
when a user writes an email. In the The Zivver WebApp, you configure the Business Rules for your
organization.
For details about the Business Rules and the optimal use, refer to Business Rules in Zivver.
In the Business rules page, you can enable a
rule and set the warning level.
Encourage regular or Zivver emails
please read Encourage regular or Zivver emails for more information about (un)trusted domains.
Message revocation
Message revocation is useful in these situations
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The user wants to withdraw a message that the user sent in error.Examples: wrong recipient, wrong content.
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The user must comply to retention policies or laws.
A user can revoke the message that they sent manually. The administrator can set the
defaults for their organization. Refer to Set organization message revocation policy.
Users can change the default interval and default scope before the message expires.
They
can also cancel the expiration.
For more information, refer to Zivver data access, retention, and
deletion.
To monitor the message revocation in your organization, use Zivver Insights. Refer
to
Message revocation
statistics.
Verification methods administration
The Recipient Verification list in the Zivver WebApp shows the mobile-phone numbers and shared
access codes that users entered. Users in your organization automatically use the
authentication methods in this list.
These are the consequences.
- The senders do not need to choose an authentication method every time that they send an email to a known recipient.
- The recipients can always use the same verification method.
Zivver automatically chooses the most secure standard authentication method. Users
cannot
change the default authentication method. Only an administrator can change the default.
Users can choose to use a different authentication method.
Verification methods in the WebApp (administrator)
The administrator can configure the verification methods for each recipient in the
Set verification methods window. These settings are valid for
the full organization.
These are the available alternatives.
- SMS to personal contact
- Access code
- SMS to new number
- Verification email
Note
Zivver users can have two separate contact lists, a personal contacts list and an
organization contacts list. The latter is shared with all the users in the same
organization or organizational unit.
Note
If you select SMS to new number, these are the
consequences:
- The users must enter a mobile-phone number for every new conversation with every recipient.
- Mobile numbers are saved in a user’s personal contacts list only if you select SMS to personal contact.
For more information about verification methods, refer to Recipient verification methods
Import verification methods
With a CSV file, you can set a default authentication method for recipients in the
Zivver WebApp.
This is an example of such CSV file. This file results in two entries. One uses SMS
on phone number
611111111
, the other uses the access code
.
email_address,full_name,phone_number,access_code,access_code_hint imported_sms@zivverimport.nl,use sms,611111111,, imported_acc@zivverimport.nl,use accescode,,1234567,how many days is a week?
Procedure
- Prepare the CSV file that you want to import.
- Open Recipient
Verification.Import access rights opens.
- Click Upload
- Import the CSV file that you prepared.The next screen reports which rows are rejected and accepted.
Add verification method manually
Procedure
- Open Recipient Verification.
- Click Edit
- Fill out the fields. Then click OK.
Manage the default verification method
For each user, the administrator can update the settings of the default verification
method in the Zivver WebApp. You can also
delete the entry.
Procedure
- Open Recipient
Verification.
- Update the default verification.
- Click Edit
- In the new window, make your changes.
- Click Ok.
- Remove the user from the list.
- Click Delete
- Update the default verification.
Data leaks prevention
Use Zivver Insights to prevent data leaks.
With the metrics of the email traffic, you can assess the security of your emails.
From
Insights for Zivver Secure Email you can get the metrics. This tool shows how well
you
prevent email data leaks and where you can improve. For more information, refer to
Insights for Zivver Secure Email
View events in the WebApp
You can view administrative actions in the Zivver WebApp. This information can be useful to
troubleshoot (security) issues.
You can save monthly logs as .CVS files with Download monthly
records
.
Procedure
- Open the Audit log page.You can filter the data and export.
Statistics Insights - monitor data leaks
The Zivver WebApp collects usage
information. With this information, you can monitor data leaks.
The WebApp shows these dashboard sections
of the Zivver Insights statistics.
Overall overview of Zivver usage
The KPI section shows an overall overview of the Zivver usage in your organization.
The section is part of the Statistics in the Zivver WebApp.
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Number of accounts that sent at least one Zivver message in the selected period. It is unexpected that everyone in an organization sends secure messages regularly. You must compare this metric against how many people in your organization you actually expect to send sensitive information.NoteFor messages sent from a delegated account, the account that initiated sending the message is counted as the sender. This means that messages from functional accounts are not counted in this metric.
- Number of messages that were sent securely after a business rule was triggered. Gives an indication of the amount of sensitive information shared in the organization
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Number of Zivver messages that were manually revoked by the user before they were read by any recipient.NoteDoes not include scheduled revocations.
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Percentage of messages sent with Zivver after a business rule was triggered.NoteThis metric works only if logging non-Zivver messages is enabled for the organization. If it is not, the number shown is always 100%. This is because only messages sent from clients able to send and log both Zivver and non-Zivver messages (that is, users of Zivver Office Plugin and Zivver Outlook Web Access Add-in) are counted and from accounts that have opted in to log non-Zivver messages.
- Percentage of Zivver message recipients secured with a verification method other than Email verification.
- Percentage of Zivver message recipients that have opened their message at least once.
Statistics of sent Zivver messages
The Adoption section shows statistics of the sent messages in your organization.
The section is part of the Statistics in the Zivver WebApp.
- Number of Zivver messages sent by month
- Number of accounts that sent at least one Zivver message by month
- Number of Zivver messages sent split by total attachment size
- Number of Zivver messages sent for each user
Statistics of business rules usage
Understand what kind of information your organization sends and whether users send
this
information securely when expected to. These stats show how much use the business
rules get.
In particular, they show how likely users are to follow or ignore Zivver recommendations.
The section is part of the Statistics in the Zivver WebApp.
- Percentage of messages sent with Zivver after a business rule was triggered by month.
- Number of messages with a specific business rule triggered and the percentage of these messages sent with Zivver.
Statistics recipient security methods
The Recipient security section shows the usage of the different
verification methods.
The section is part of the Statistics in the Zivver WebApp.
These stats show which recipient verification methods are used and also which domains
or
types of users get the most Zivver messages. They help you understand whether verification
methods set for recipients are in line with policy. Also, they identify whether messages
sent
are opened successfully.
- Recommended verification method usage over time
- Number of Zivver messages sent to each type of recipient
- The top domains by number of Zivver messages received, % opened and % secured with SMS, access code or a Zivver account
- Number of Zivver messages sent to guest recipients, by verification method used
Message revocation statistics
The Message revokes chart shows the number of manually revoked
Zivver messages. The sort is by whether they were opened or not. You can use this
information as an indicator of data leakage.
The section is part of the Statistics in the Zivver WebApp.
Sender statistics
The Sender statistics table shows key performance indicators per
user. With Export data, you can download this table.
The section is part of the Statistics in the Zivver WebApp.
Integrations of Zivver products with the WebApp
In the WebApp, you can do administrative task of
these Zivver products.
Office Plugin for Outlook Desktop integration with the WebApp
In the Plugin Settings in the Zivver WebApp, you can adjust the settings for your users
in your organization.
You can set the settings as follows.
- On
- If you select On, the setting is enabled by default for all the users
- Mandatory
- If you select Mandatory, the users cannot change this setting in their own environment.
These are the options that you can choose for this Zivver product.
- Collect information about emails sent without Zivver
- If you select this setting, the WebApp collects information also from regular emails. We recommend for this setting On and Mandatory. For more information refer to Which emails to log
- Automatically use Zivver when a business rule recommends
- If you select this setting, the email client automatically sends the email securely when a business rule recommends secure send. But users can send the email as regular email.
- Show newest message on top
- If you select this setting, the email client sorts the order of the Zivver messages in a conversation newest first.
- Save sent Zivver messages without encryption
- If you select this setting, you can read the sent Zivver messages directly in every email client. But this setting leaves the sent messages and files unprotected. That situation causes a risk when, for example, a user's laptop or phone is stolen.
- Save received Zivver messages without encryption
- If you select this setting, you can read the received Zivver messages directly in every email client. But this setting leaves the received messages and files unprotected. That situation causes a risk when, for example, a user's laptop or phone is stolen.
- Automatically use Zivver for every new message
- If you select this setting, the email client sends every new email as a secure Zivver message. But user can also send a message or file as a regular email. Select this setting for users in your organization who send sensitive information in almost every email.
Outlook Web Access Add-in integration with the WebApp
In the Plugin Settings in the Zivver WebApp, you can adjust the settings for your users
in your organization.
You can set the settings as follows.
- On
- If you select On, the setting is enabled by default for all the users
- Mandatory
- If you select Mandatory, the users cannot change this setting in their own environment.
These are the options that you can choose for this Zivver product.
- Collect information about emails sent without Zivver
- If you select this setting, the WebApp collects information also from regular emails. We recommend for this setting On and Mandatory. For more information refer to Which emails to log
- Automatically use Zivver when a business rule recommends
- If you select this setting, the email client automatically sends the email securely when a business rule recommends secure send. But users can send the email as regular email.
Chrome Extension integration with the WebApp
In the Plugin Settings in the Zivver WebApp, you can adjust the settings for your users
in your organization.
You can set the settings as follows.
- On
- If you select On, the setting is enabled by default for all the users
- Mandatory
- If you select Mandatory, the users cannot change this setting in their own environment.
These are the options that you can choose for this Zivver product.
- Automatically use Zivver when a business rule recommends
- If you select this setting, the email client automatically sends the email securely when a business rule recommends secure send. But users can send the email as regular email.
Synctool integration with the WebApp
You can connect the Zivver Synctool with your Zivver organization. To achieve this,
the
Synctool must connect over port 443 to the Zivver API https://app.zivver.com/api/.
You
authenticate with an API-key.
You can do the API key administration in the WebApp
in the window Organization API keys, .
Note
Copy and save the API immediately after you generate it. The WebApp does not save that key.
For more information, refer to the Synctool
documentation.
Optional WebApp functions
Speak to your representative at Zivver for the optional functions of the Zivver WebApp. You can ask for a quotation.
Customize the guest portal screen
The portal screen is the screen that a recipient without Zivver account, guest user,
gets
before they open the secure Zivver message. The steps to open the portal screen are
as
follows.
- Open the notification message.
- In the notification message, click Open message.
A window opens where the guest user enter the 2FA code, access code or SMS code. This
window is the portal screen.
You can get this screen with your own logo, colors, and additional images. See the
example of the Zivver guest portal. If you want to customize this screen, speak to
your
representative at Zivver.
Allow users without Zivver account email your organization
In the Zivver WebApp, you can allow users without a
Zivver account, guests, to send emails to recipients in your organization. For this,
you can
use the function Conversation Starter in the Zivver WebApp.
These type are available:
- Personal conversation starter
- Open conversation starter
An important difference is that in the personal conversation starter, you set up a
specific recipient for the guest user. In the other type, the guest user specifies the
recipient in your organization. For more information, refer to Set up conversation starters
To purchase this feature, send an email to sales@zivver.com or speak to
your representative at Zivver.
Proof of delivery report
Zivver can make function available for a proof of delivery report.
Note
This function is available if Zivver makes it available for your organization.
Speak to your representative at Zivver.
The proof of delivery report has these main purposes:
- Inform the sender of a message what the status is of the delivery of their (notification) message.
- Give the sender of a message detailed information about the delivery process of their message.
This is the contents of a proof of delivery report.
- A summary that shows whether the message was indeed sent and delivered and whether it was encrypted in transit.
- Zivver event flow from message creation onwards. That includes, for example, delivery failures.
- NTA 7516 message status if relevant.
- Zivver message revocation status.
Remarks
- Zivver sends Inbound Direct Delivery and NTA messages as plain text.
- If a recipient’s email server does not honor DSN (delivery status notification) requests, Zivver does not detect delivery failure of a message. Thus, the log does not contain such failure.
Secure email without Zivver client
You can securely send messages from your mail server or third-party application without
Zivver client or integration. For this, you can use Zivver Mail Submission. To use Mail Submission, your mail server or application must
support SMTP.
In the Zivver WebApp
Mail Submission panel, you can generate and delete SMTP
credentials.
For more information, refer to Mail Submission.
To purchase this feature, send an email to sales@zivver.com or speak to
your representative at Zivver.
WebApp customizations
The Zivver WebApp can host optional services that
are customized to your needs. For more information, speak to your representative at
Zivver or send a message.
Service and support
For service and support, create a case.