TFS 2013 (Update 2) Team Alerts not sending emails

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I've followed the discussion here and I do have a similar case right after I applied Update-2 to TFS 2013 (Update-1). NOTE: Everything used to work fine prior the upgrade.

  • Personal alerts DO work, so it is not an obvious SMTP server error.
  • Team alerts DO NOT work.
  • TFS 2013 IS CONNECTED to Active Directory.
  • All users have email addresses.
  • No errors whatsoever in event viewer.

I would appreciate the help. Thanks.

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I'm also having this issue (team alerts don't work but personal ones do). I checked the TFS admin email settings and noticed that the SMTP server port was empty for some reason, so I put the default in (25) but it didn't appear to make a difference. I will continue to investigate and post an answer if I find a solution. – Dewi Rees
@Jubblerbug Thank you for your response. Check my answer below and see if it is applicable in your case. – Vicken

1 Answers

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I think I figured out what is happening. It all boils down to this: Teams who are not part of Contributors group are not able to receive email notifications.

This behavior is new and was introduced in Update 2 (Update 1 used to work fine).

More discussion about this can be found here

Also, I filled a bug report to Microsoft Connect Feedback here