9
Parameters and Log Files

This chapter provides definitions of the Oracle Email server and debug level parameters and log file locations.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Server Parameters
• Debug Level Parameters
• Log Files

Server Parameters

This section provides server parameter definitions for the following categories:

• IMAP
• POP
• SMTP
• Housekeeping
• List Server
• NNTP

  See Also: Chapter 5, "Security" for information on virus scrubber parameters

IMAP

Table 9-1 describes the IMAP server parameters in alphabetical order.

Table 9-1 IMAP Server Parameters  

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Cache Size	Caching level. When "small," no mail information is cached in the middle tier IMAP server. When "medium", certain parts of mail are cached. Increasing the cache size increases the memory requirements on the middle tier.	small, medium	small
Custom Name	Applies only if the presentation name is set to custom
Debug User	Name of a user about whom more debug information will be sought in the log files
Default Domain	Default domain used as user login if the user logging in does not provide one
Get New Mail Interval	Number of seconds the IMAP server waits before checking for new mail. Large numbers of "check new mail" requests from clients affect performance.	0-65535	120
LDAP Connection Pool Increment	Number of Oracle Internet Directory connections added to the pool		1
LDAP Connection Pool Time Lag	Time lag (in 1/100ths of a second) permitted before increasing the pool. For example, 100 means a 1 second delay after the point where a new pool connection must be added to the pool.		500 centi seconds
LDAP Connection Retry Interval	Maximum time in microseconds the server has to wait to get a connection after it has reached the maximum number of connections		100000 micro seconds
LDAP Maximum Connection Pool	Maximum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool		20
LDAP Minimum Connection Pool	Minimum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool		2
LDAP Number of Retry Before Erroring	Total number of times the server attempts to connect to Oracle Internet Directory		100
LDAP Reconnection Timeout	Number of seconds before the server tries to reconnect to Oracle Internet Directory		300 seconds
Maximum Number of Clients	Maximum number of clients allowed to connect to the server instance	0-1000	1000
Presentation Name	Port on which the listener listens for the IMAP service Selecting Custom enables you to specify the presentation name. When this parameter's default value has been changed, you must change the listener configuration to the same value.	string	IMAP
Process Debug Level	Debug messages level. For statistics, set 512.	4294967295 (32 bits, Multi-value)	0
Process Log Level	Log messages level	0-30	6
Protocol Server Increment Thread	Number of threads added to the client connection pool	1-999	1
Protocol Server Maximum Threads	Maximum number of threads available for client connection handling	1-1000	500
Protocol Server Minimum Threads	Minimum number of threads available for client connection handling	1-1000	1
Protocol Server Thread Timeout	Number of seconds before an idle thread is cleaned up	0-65535	1860 seconds
SSL Enabled	Applies only if the presentation name is set to custom
Timeout Interval	Number of seconds for the auto-logout timeout interval. If no client operations occur in this time, it is disconnected.	0-65535	1800

POP

Table 9-2 describes the POP server parameters in alphabetical order.

Table 9-2 POP Server Parameters  

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Default Domain	Default domain for users who do not provide a domain when logging in		None
LDAP Connection Pool Increment	Number of Oracle Internet Directory connections to be added to the pool	None	1
LDAP Connection Pool Time Lag	Number of 1/100ths of a second before increasing the pool: 100 would mean that if more than one connection arrives within 1 second, then the server must wait.		500 centi seconds
LDAP Connection Retry Interval	Maximum time in microseconds the server waits to get a connection after reaching the maximum number of connections		100000 micro seconds
LDAP Maximum Connection Pool	Maximum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool	None	20
LDAP Minimum Connection Pool	Minimum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool	None	2
LDAP Number of Retry Before Erroring	Total number of times the server attempts to connect to Oracle Internet Directory		100
LDAP Reconnection Timeout	Number of seconds before the server tries to reconnect to Oracle Internet Directory		300 seconds
Maximum Number of Clients	Maximum number of clients allowed to connect to the server instance	0-1000	1000
POP Delete Allowed	If YES, enables server to delete read messages	YES or NO	NO
POP Retrieval	ALL means all mails are to be retrieved from the server; for UNREAD or any other value, only unread messages are retrieved.	UNREAD or All	UNREAD
Presentation Name	Port on which the listener listens for the POP service Selecting Custom enables you to specify the presentation name. When this parameter's default value has been changed, you must change the listener configuration to the same value.	string	POP
Process Debug Level	Debug messages level. For statistics, set to 512.	4294967295 (32bits, Multi-value)	0
Process Log Level	Log messages level	0-30	6

SMTP

Table 9-3 describes the SMTP server parameters in alphabetical order.

Note: For SMTP, Reject parameters take precedence over Trusted parameters. Exception for parameters such as Trusted IPs apply only to subsequent spam checks. For example, if [e-mail] is present in Trusted Senders, any checks on the rcpt to: command are ignored. However, if the IP address of host1.foo.com is present in Trusted IPs and is not present in Reject IPs, all connections from host1.foo.com are accepted and all further spam checks on mails from host1.foo.com are ignored.

Note: If an asterisk (*) is entered as a parameter value, it indicates all. For example, if the value in the Relay Domains Allowed parameter is an asterisk, then relay is allowed for all domains.

Table 9-3 SMTP Server Parameters  

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Address Rewriting Rules Separator List	Defines the list of characters that should be treated as separators in address rewriting rules	String	None
Authentication	Determines if SMTP authentication is enabled. Mandatory: Users must authenticate themselves before sending any messages. Optional: Users may authenticate themselves, but the SMTP server accepts the message even if authentication fails None: Authentication is not required	Mandatory Optional None	Optional
Checkpoint Interval	Number of recipients processed in a single relay delivery attempt	>=1	20
Connection Number	Number of SMTP connections the outbound SMTP server caches for future delivery to the same host	>1	20
DNS Check on HELO/EHLO Domain	If TRUE, checks whether the domain name in the helo/ehlo command exists in the DNS server. If not, the connection is rejected.	TRUE or FALSE	FALSE
DNS Check on Sender Domain	If TRUE, checks whether the domain in the sender's address exists in the DNS server	TRUE or FALSE	FALSE
DSN Interval	Frequency of the temporary delivery status notifications (DSNs)	Time in hours	24 hours
External Filter	Enables or disables external filter processing	True or False	False
External Filter Process	If External Filter is TRUE, then External Filter Process specifies the path for the executable of the external process in three parts: name:path_name when_to_call flags where: name: The name of the external filter path_name: The complete path of the process to be called when_to_call: The time to call the external filter: ENV, DATA, RELAY, or NEVER, as follows: ENV - After receiving the message envelope DATA - After receiving the complete message and before local delivery RELAY - Just before relaying a message NEVER - Essentially disables the callout flags - Should be set to 0	Any name of an existing external filter Any well-formed path name   0	None None   None None None None None 0
Fallback MX Host	Host where relay messages are sent when none of the MX hosts of the target domain are accessible	string	None
LDAP Connection Pool Increment	Number of Oracle Internet Directory connections added to the pool	None	1
LDAP Connection Pool Time Lag	Delay in 1/100ths of a second before increasing the pool. For example, 100 means 1 second, indicating that if connections arrive concurrently within 1 second, then the server must wait.		500 centi seconds
LDAP Connection Retry Interval	Maximum time in microseconds the server has to wait to get a connection after it has reached the maximum number of connections		100000 micro seconds
LDAP Maximum Connection Pool	Maximum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool	None	20
LDAP Minimum Connection Pool	Minimum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool	None	2
LDAP Number of Retry before Erroring	Total number of times the server attempts to connect to Oracle Internet Directory		100
LDAP Reconnection Timeout	Number of seconds before the server tries to reconnect to Oracle Internet Directory		300 seconds
Local Domains	Controls what domains are acceptable in e-mail addresses	Multi-value	None
Maximum Hop Count	Maximum number of hops a message can go through	>=1	25
Maximum Message Size	Maximum allowed incoming message size in bytes	>=0	0
Maximum Number of Clients	Maximum number of clients permitted to connect to the server at one time	0-1000	1000
Maximum Rule Nesting Level	Maximum number of times a nesting rule can be applied to a message. Smaller numbers increase overall performance, except for systems that use rules heavily.	>=1	20
Message Timeout	Number of minutes after an SMTP server restart, after which messages that remain in the "being processed" state will be processed again. (If an SMTP server is restarted after a shutdown, it looks for messages being processed. If they stay in the same state for this long, it reprocesses them.)	integer	30
Native Anti-Spamming	If TRUE, turns on anti-spamming checks. If FALSE, all anti-spamming checks are turned off, including Reject and Trusted lists (domains, senders, recipients, and IPs). If Oracle Internet Directory does not have this value set to default, SMTP turns anti-spamming on.	TRUE or FALSE	TRUE
Postmaster Copy	If the postmaster address is set, a copy of the delivery status notification is sent to it.	String	None
Postmaster DSNs	Type of delivery status notifications (DSNs) postmaster wants to receive, one of the following four: All, None, Failures, Undeliverables	All, None, Failures, Undeliverables	Failures
Presentation Name	Port on which the listener listens for the SMTP service Selecting Custom enables you to specify the presentation name. When this parameter's default value has been changed, you must change the listener configuration to the same value.	string	ESSMI
Process Debug Level	Debug messages level. For statistics, set 512.	0 - 4294967295 (32bits)	0
Process Flags	Sets the local mailer flag, check point value, and enables RAC: -l (local mailer flag): Messages to unknown local users are relayed to the next node, instead of being rejected. -cp=value (check point value): Messages are delivered to at most value local recipients in one transaction. 0 means delivering to all recipients in one transaction. -rac (enable optimization for RAC): Message insertion and local delivery uses the same OCI service handle.	l -cp=value -rac	No local mailer flag 0 Not enabled
Process Log Level	Log messages level	0-30	0
Protocol Server Increment Thread	Number of threads to be added to client connection pool	1-999	1
Protocol Server Maximum Threads	Maximum number of threads available for client connection handling	In 0-1000 Out 0-100	In 500 Out 50
Protocol Server Minimum Threads	Minimum number of threads available for client connection handling	1-1000	1
Protocol Server Thread Timeout	Number of seconds before an idle thread is cleaned up	0-65535	180
Queue Poll Interval	Time in seconds the outbound server waits before checking the queue for new messages	2 -30 seconds	120 seconds
Recipient Rewriting Rules	Rewrite rules for recipients	Multi-value	None
Reject Domains	List of domains and sub-domains to reject, and close connection, but only if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE	Multi-value	None
Reject IPs	List of IP addresses to reject, and close connection, but only if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE	None	None
Reject Recipients	List of local recipients to reject, but only if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE	Multi-value	None
Reject Senders	List of senders to be rejected, but only if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE	Multi-value	None
Relay Allowed	If TRUE, enables relay to domains listed under the Relay Domains Allowed parameter If FALSE, relay is not allowed If AUTH, the server processes only the messages whose senders have been authenticated by the SMTP inbound server	TRUE or FALSE or AUTH	FALSE
Relay Domains Allowed	List of domains on which relay is allowed when the Relay Allowed parameter is enabled.	Multi-value	None
Scanner Interfaces	Specifies C callouts for virus scanning. The form is: name:shared_library_path, when_to_call,host_&_port,(function_set), scanner_flags, system_flags Where: name shared_library_path when_to_call, such as the time to call the external filter: ENV, DATA, RELAY, or NEVER, as follows: ENV - After receiving the message envelope DATA - After receiving the complete message and before local delivery RELAY - Just before relaying a message NEVER - Essentially disables the callout host_&_port, as follows: - If the scanner needs a host and port, enter them as host:port_number, such as SMTP machine:3602. - If host and port are not needed, use INTERNAL. function_set (The functions each filter callout should implement, which are called by the server to pass data to the scanner and to receive back the status and repaired messages) repairmsg If set to 1, callout can send the repaired message back to the server. If set to 0, server does not read any repaired message back from the callout and rejects the mail if the scanner returns failure. flags Should be set to 0	Name of the external filter Full path of the C shared library loaded by the server at startup init, register_callback, scan_msg, send_msg, receive_msg, close 1 or 0	None None None None None None None None None None
Sender Rewriting Rules	Rewrite rules for senders; used only by the SMTP inbound server	Multi-value	None
SMTP Minimum Queue Age	Number of minutes a deferred message stays in the queue before being delivered	Integer	30 minutes
SMTP Process IMIP	Determines if calendar messages should be placed into the IMIP queue. For STMP inbound only.	Number	300 seconds
SMTP Queue Timeout	Maximum number of days a message can be in the queue	>=1	5 days
SMTP Relay	Specifies the name of the relay host	Parameter type string	None
SMTP Timeout	Determines how long a connection stays open if there is no client activity. For SMTP inbound only.	TRUE or FALSE	FALSE
Spam Flood Interval	Number of minutes used to detect spam flooding	None	None
Spam Maximum Flood Count	SMTP server signals flooding if the number of messages and connections from a single host exceeds the value of this parameter within the Spam Flood Interval.	None	None
Submit Only	If TRUE, submits inbound messages without resolving recipient	TRUE or FALSE	FALSE
Trusted Domains	List of allowed domains or sub-domains from which mail is received, if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE, regardless of any further anti-spam checks	None	None
Trusted IPs	List of IP addresses from which connections are permitted, if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE, regardless of any further anti-spam checks	None	None
Trusted Sender	List of sender addresses against which the sender address is checked, if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE	Multi-string value	None
Trusted Sender Domains	List of domains against which the domain part of the sender's e-mail address is checked, if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE	Multi-string value	None
Use Errors To	If TRUE, uses the Errors To header in delivery status notifications	TRUE or FALSE	FALSE

Housekeeping

Table 9-4 describes the housekeeping parameters in alphabetical order.

Table 9-4 Housekeeping Parameters  

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Collection	If ENABLED, runs the collection task, which collects or reclaims space taken up by messages no longer in use by removing the message data. Oracle Corporation recommends scheduling this task to run continuously, to keep up with the rate of messages coming in from outside the server.	ENABLED or DISABLED	ENABLED
Execution Mode	Determines whether the server runs once and exits or stays active in the background forever (daemon mode). If a process is set to run as a daemon, it sleeps after one round of execution before starting the next round. Otherwise, it exits after the current task is finished.	DAEMON or RUN ONCE	DAEMON
Expiration	If ENABLED, runs the expiration task, which expires or deletes messages set to expire on or before the current time according to a timer. It moves such messages to the system trash folder. The expiration timer is a folder attribute that users can set. Oracle Corporation recommends running this task only once a day.	ENABLED or DISABLED	DISABLED
Text Synchronization	If ENABLED, performs the Oracle Text index synchronization task, which is essential to content-based searching. Doing it frequently greatly improves search performance unless the rate of incoming messages is low: then it would unnecessarily increase the server load. If content-based searching through Oracle Text is used heavily, Oracle Corporation recommends creating a dedicated housekeeping instance for this task with a sleep time of five to ten minutes.	ENABLED or DISABLED	DISABLED
Text Optimization	If ENABLED, performs the Oracle Text optimization task, which improves index synchronization performance. Otherwise, performance degrades over time. Oracle Corporation recommends running this task weekly, with a dedicated housekeeping instance with this task enabled and a sleep time of 24*7 (168) hours.	ENABLED or DISABLED	DISABLED
Pruning	Controls running the pruning task, which clears up message queues and the system trash folder, and marks unreferenced messages for collection. Oracle Corporation recommends scheduling this task to run continuously, to keep up with user message deletion activity.	ENABLED or DISABLED	ENABLED
Tertiary Store	If ENABLED, runs the tertiary store task, which archives old messages by moving them to another tablespace, presumably cheaper and larger. Oracle Corporation recommends running this task monthly.	ENABLED or DISABLED	DISABLED
Process Log Level	Log message level	0-30	6
Process Debug Level	Debug messages level. For statistics, set 512.	4294967295 (32bits, Multi-value)	0
Tertiary Storage Age Threshold	Number of days, minimum, before messages are archived. If the tertiary storage task is turned on, housekeeping tries to archive messages older than this parameter. Oracle Corporation recommends setting at least 30.	Non negative number	30
Maximum Rule Nesting Level	Maximum number of times nesting can be applied to a message. Smaller numbers increase overall performance, except for systems that use rules heavily.	>=1	20
Process Sleep Duration	Number of hours between two consecutive starts of the task processing. If the task finishes before this amount of time, the housekeeping process sleeps for the rest of the duration. If the task takes more time than this parameter, the process does not sleep but instead runs continuously.	>=0	60 minutes
Statistics Collection	If ENABLED, housekeeper can delete process statistics data. The number of days set in Time Interval establishes the frequency of such deletion.	ENABLED or DISABLED	DISABLED
Record Messages Being Deleted Into Redo Logs	If ENABLED, keeps deleted message in redo logs, so that logminer-based recovery feature can be enabled.	ENABLED or DISABLED	DISABLED

List Server

Table 9-5 describes the list server parameters in alphabetical order.

Table 9-5 List Server Parameters  

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Archive Mail Store	Mailstore the server should use to store all list archives. For proper access to archives, an NNTP inbound server must be configured and running against this mailstore	Any available mail store	None
Authenticated Sender	If ONLY, the list server is to process only those messages whose senders have been authenticated by the SMTP inbound server. If NONE, authentication is not required.	only	only
Command Mail Store	List server stores the reconfirmation on the mail store it is connected to, but the reconfirmation response can be processed by a list server connected to a different mail store in the system. In such cases, the reconfirmation is rejected. To avoid the problem of reconfirmations not being handled properly in an installation which has multiple mail stores, the list server uses the mail store configured in this parameter as the repository for command reconfirmations. All list server instances running in the system should open a connection to that mail store to store and verify all commands against that mail store only.	DN of a mail store	None
External Filter	Enables or disables external filter processing	True or False	False
External Filter Process	If External Filter is TRUE, then External Filter Process specifies the path for the executable of the external process in three parts: name:path_name when_to_call flags where: name: The name of the external filter path_name: The complete path of the process to be called when_to_call: The time to call the external filter: ENV, DATA, RELAY, or NEVER, as follows: ENV - After receiving the message envelope DATA - After receiving the complete message and before local delivery RELAY - Just before relaying a message NEVER - Essentially disables the callout flags - Should be set to 0	Any name of an existing external filter Any well-formed path name   0	None None   None None None None None 0
LDAP Connection Pool Increment	Number of Oracle Internet Directory connections added to the pool	None	1
LDAP Current Connection Pool	Number of Oracle Internet Directory connections currently in the pool	None	10
LDAP Maximum Connection Pool	Maximum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool		20
LDAP Minimum Connection Pool	Minimum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool	None	2
Local Domains	List of local domains served by the list server process	Multi-value	None
Maximum Message Size (bytes)	Maximum deliverable message size (in bytes) for the list. Messages larger than this are rejected.
Number of Mails Processed Concurrently	Number of messages to be processed simultaneously by the list server	Any positive number greater than zero	50
Number of Recipients per Batch	Number of users each user thread delivers messages to	Any positive number greater than zero	1000
Number of Threads per Mail	Specifies the maximum number of threads that can be spawned at a time to distribute a mail to the members of a distribution list. Such threads are termed as "User Threads." Because each thread uses database and Oracle Internet Directory connections, this value should be increased with caution.	Any positive number greater than zero	10
PL/SQL Timeout	Number of minutes before a list server's PL/SQL call will be cancelled if the call has not returned. Used during PL/SQL mail-merge and external list processing.	Time in minutes	10 seconds
Post Master Copy	If the postmaster address is set, a copy of the delivery status notification is sent to it.	String	None
Postmaster DSNs	Type of delivery status notifications (DSNs) the postmaster wants to receive, one of the following three: All, None, Failure	All, None, Failures	Failures
Process Flags	Sets the local mailer flag and check point value. The values are: -l (local mailer flag): Messages to unknown local users are relayed to the next node instead of being rejected. -cp=value (check point value): Messages are delivered to local recipients in one transaction. 0 delivers to all recipients in one transaction.	-l, -cp=value	No local mailer flag Check point value is 0
Process Debug Level	Debug messages level. For statistics, set 512.		0
Process Log Level	Message log level	1-30	6
Recovery Interval	Number of minutes before messages marked as "being processed" are picked up for retrial by the server	Time in minutes	90 minutes
Relay Hosts	Contains the name(s) of the MTAs to which all relay messages sent out of the list server should be routed. Messages addressed to local users are not affected. If this parameter is not filled, then an MX record lookup is performed while relaying messages.
Scanner Interfaces	Specifies C callouts for virus scanning. The form is: name:shared_library_path, when_to_call, host_&_port,function_set, repairmsg, flags Where: name shared_library_path when_to_call, such as the time to call the external filter: ENV, DATA, RELAY, or NEVER, as follows: ENV - After receiving the message envelope DATA - After receiving the complete message and before local delivery RELAY - Just before relaying a message NEVER - Essentially disables the callout host_&_port, as follows: - If the scanner needs a host and port, enter them as host:port_number, such as SMTPmachine:3602. - If host and port are not needed, use INTERNAL. function_set (The functions each filter callout should implement, which are called by the server to pass data to the scanner and to receive back the status and repaired messages) repairmsg If TRUE, callout can send the repaired message back to the server. If FALSE, server does not read any repaired message back from the callout and rejects the mail if the scanner returns failure. flags Should be set to 0	Name of the external filter Full path of the C shared library loaded by the server at startup init, register_callback, scan_msg, send_msg, receive_msg, close TRUE or FALSE	None None None None None None None None None None
Temporary DSN interval	Number of hours between temporary delivery status notifications (DSNs)	Time in hours	24 hours

NNTP

Table 9-6 describes the NNTP server parameters in alphabetical order.

Table 9-6 NNTP Server Parameters  

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Allow Peer Feed	If TRUE, this instance permits incoming feed from peers.	TRUE or FALSE	TRUE
Allow Streaming Feed	If TRUE, streaming is permitted, such as MODE STREAM in NNTP is enabled.	TRUE or FALSE	TRUE
Allowed Domains	List of allowed domains or sub-domains from which mail is received, if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE, regardless of any further anti-spam checks	None	None
Allowed IP Addresses	List of IP addresses from which connections are permitted, if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE, regardless of any further anti-spam checks	None	None
Allowed Senders	List of sender addresses against which the sender address is checked, if Native Anti Spamming is TRUE	Multi-string value	None
Article Cache Size (MB)	Number of megabytes for the article cache size	0-30 MB	0 MB
Authentication	Authentication scheme to be enforced, as defined in RFC 2980, to validate username (the user's full e-mail ID) and password (the Single Sign On (SSO) password)	None, Original, Simple	None
Connection Cache Size Maximum Feed Retrials	Number of connections for each peer that the outbound server contacts	0-1024	50
Default Newsgroup Subscriptions	List of newsgroups that a user subscribes to by default	Multi-value string	NULL
Disallowed Domains	If the Native Anti Spam parameter is TRUE, this parameter rejects connections from specified domains.	Multi-value string of disallowed domains, wildcards allowed	NULL, allows all domains
Disallowed IP Addresses	Identifies IP addresses to disallow connections from, if the Native Anti Spam parameter is TRUE	Multi-value string of disallowed IP addresses, wildcards allowed	NULL allows all IP addresses
Disallowed Senders	Identifies senders to reject, if anti-spam is required	Multi-value string of disallowed senders	NULL
Feed Recovery Interval (minute)	Number of minutes before a queued message marked as "in-process" is moved back to "pending", which aids in crash recovery for the NNTP outbound server	30-180	90
Feed Retry Interval (minute)	Number of minutes before retrying a message feed again	0-60	60
Inbound Peers	List of peers that send articles to this server, if the Allow Peer Feed parameter is set to TRUE. Peers are set-up after installation.	Multi-value peer names	NULL
LDAP Connection Pool Increment	Number of Oracle Internet Directory connections added to the pool	None	1
LDAP Maximum Connection Pool	Maximum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool	A number	20
LDAP Minimum Connection Pool	Minimum number of Oracle Internet Directory connections in the pool	A number	2
Local Domain	A domain created in the Oracle Collaboration Suite installation	A single value domain name	NULL
Maximum Feed Retrials	Number of times a message feed is re-tried. Combining this parameter with Feed Retry Interval tells you when a message feed is considered a permanent failure, such as after how many minutes.		3
Maximum News Message Size	Maximum size in bytes of an article accepted by posts or feeds. Zero indicates an unlimited size.	A number	0
Maximum Number of Clients	Maximum number of clients allowed to connect to the server instance	0-1000	1000
Native Anti-Spam	If TRUE, anti-spam checks are performed, otherwise not.	TRUE or FALSE	FALSE
News Administrator	E-mail address of the news administrator, inserted into the X-Complaints-To header of all messages posted to this server	A valid e-mail address	NULL
News Article Retention	Number of days before an article expires. This global setting applies to all articles across newsgroups.	0-180	7 days
News History Retention	Number of days before the history entry for a news article is cleared	0-365	30 days
News Store	The Oracle Collaboration Suite mail store that NNTP inbound server connects to	Mail store in the installed Oracle Collaboration Suite where newsgroups have been created	NULL
Port	Port for the protocol service, which must match the port number in the NS listener configuration		5121
Posting Allowed	Specifies if messages can be posted to a group	Yes or No	No
Presentation Name	Port on which the listener listens for the NNTP service Selecting Custom enables you to specify the presentation name. When this parameter's default value has been changed, you must change the listener configuration to the same value.	string	ESNNI
Process Log Level	Log messages level	0-30	11
Protocol Server Increment Thread	Number of threads added to the client connection pool	1-999	5
Protocol Server Maximum Threads	Maximum number of threads available for client connection handling	0-1000	500
Protocol Server Minimum Threads	Minimum number of threads available for client connection handling	1-1000	1
Protocol Server Thread Timeout	Number of seconds before an idle thread is cleaned up	0-65535	300 - 399
Recommended News Distributions	List of distributions recommended on this server	Multi-value string	NULL
Socket Timeout (minute)	Number of minutes before a cached connection times out	0-30	30
Standard News Distributions	List of standard newgroup distributions	Multi-value string	NULL

Debug Level Parameters

This section provides debug level parameter definitions for the following categories:

• IMAP
• POP
• SMTP
• Housekeeping
• List Server
• NNTP
• Virus Scrubber

IMAP

Table 9-7 IMAP Debug Level Parameters

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Client Logins	Enables internal debug log writing for client logins	Enable or Disable	Disable
Database Connections	Enables internal debug log writing for database connections	Enable or Disable	Disable
Folder Open	Enables internal debug log writing for the folder open function	Enable or Disable	Disable
Folder Synchronization	Enables internal debug log writing for folder synchronization	Enable or Disable	Disable
I/O Between IMAP Server and Clients	Enables internal debug log writing for I/O between the IMAP server and clients	Enable or Disable	Disable
LDAP (DS) Call Tracing/Logging	Enables directory service layer tracing and logging of the server	Enable or Disable	Disable
Memory Management	Enables internal debug log writing for memory management	Enable or Disable	Disable
Start/End of Client Requests	Enables internal debug log writing for client requests	Enable or Disable	Disable

POP

Table 9-8 POP Debug Level Parameters

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Client Logins	Enables internal debug log writing for client logins	Enable or Disable	Disable
Database Connections	Enables internal debug log writing for database connections	Enable or Disable	Disable
Folder Open	Enables internal debug log writing for the folder open function	Enable or Disable	Disable
I/O Between POP Server and Clients	Enables internal debug log writing for I/O between the POP server and clients	Enable or Disable	Disable
LDAP (DS) Call Tracing/Logging	Enables directory service layer tracing and logging of the server	Enable or Disable	Disable
Memory Management	Enables internal debug log writing for memory management	Enable or Disable	Disable
Start/End of Client Requests	Enables internal debug log writing for client requests	Enable or Disable	Disable

SMTP

Table 9-9 SMTP Debug Level Parameters

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Address Rewriting Rules	Enables internal debug log writing for address rewriting rule processing	Enable or Disable	Disable
Anti Spamming	Enables internal debug log writing for for anti-spamming	Enable or Disable	Disable
DSN Module	Enables internal debug log writing for the DSN module	Enable or Disable	Disable
Entire Inbound Module	Enables internal debug log writing for the entire SMTP inbound module	Enable or Disable	Disable
External Filter	Enables internal debug log writing for the external filter process	Enable or Disable	Disable
LDAP (DS) Call Tracing/Logging	Enables directory service layer tracing and logging of the server	Enable or Disable	Disable
LDAP Resolution	Enables internal debug log writing for LDAP resolution	Enable or Disable	Disable
List Server Interface	Enables internal debug log writing for the list server interface	Enable or Disable	Disable
Local Delivery	Enables internal debug log writing for the local delivery module	Enable or Disable	Disable
Log Message Body	Enables internal debug log writing for the message body	Enable or Disable	Disable
OCI Calls	Enables internal debug log writing for OCI calls	Enable or Disable	Disable
Outbound Main Module	Enables internal debug log writing for the outbound main module	Enable or Disable	Disable
Queue Processor	Enables internal debug log writing for the queue processor	Enable or Disable	Disable
Recovery Module	Enables recovery module debugging	Enable or Disable	Disable
Relay Module	Not supported in this release	Enable or Disable	Disable
Server Response	Enables debugging for the SMTP server responses	Enable or Disable	Disable
Statistics	Not supported in this release	Enable or Disable	Disable
Submit Module	Enables internal debug log writing for the submit module	Enable or Disable	Disable

Housekeeping

Table 9-10 Housekeeping Debug Level Parameters

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Advanced Queue Cleanup	Informs the housekeeping process to clean up process control related data from the system	Enable or Disable	Disable
Statistic Cleanup	Informs the housekeeping process to clean up statistics data from the system	Enable or Disable	Disable
Statistics Logging	Logs performance data (latency of each SQL execution) to the log file	Enable or Disable	Disable
LDAP (DS) Call Tracing/Logging	Enables directory service layer tracing and logging of the server	Enable or Disable	Disable
Log Miner Recovery	Enables log miner based mail recovery by using garbage collection throughput	Enable or Disable	Disable

List Server

Table 9-11 List Server Debug Level Parameters

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
Address Rewriting Rules	Enables debugging for address rewriting rule processing	Enable or Disable	Disable
DNS Module	Enables DSN module debugging	Enable or Disable	Disable
External Filter	Enables debugging for the external filter process	Enable or Disable	Disable
List Server Interface	Enables debugging for the list server interface	Enable or Disable	Disable
LDAP Resolution	Enables debugging for LDAP resolution	Enable or Disable	Disable
LDAP (DS) Call Tracing/Logging	Enables directory service layer tracing and logging of the server	Enable or Disable	Disable
Local Delivery	Enables local delivery module debugging	Enable or Disable	Disable
OCI Calls	Enables debugging for OCI calls	Enable or Disable	Disable
Relay Module	Not supported in this release	Enable or Disable	Disable

NNTP

Table 9-12 NNTP Debug Level Parameters

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
LDAP (DS) Call Tracing/Logging	Enables directory service layer tracing and logging of the server	Enable or Disable	Disable

Virus Scrubber

Table 9-13 Virus Scrubber Debug Level Parameters

Parameter	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
LDAP (DS) Call Tracing/Logging	Enables directory service layer tracing and logging of the server	Enable or Disable	Disable
Statistics Logging	Logs performance data (latency of each SQL execution) to the log file	Enable or Disable	Disable

Log Files

The process logs are written in $ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/process_name/pid/pid.log. Five different log categories determine the amount of information the servers produce. Table 9-14 lists them by name and value from least to largest quantity of output, with corresponding recommended responses.

Table 9-14 Log Levels, Meanings, and Responses  

Error Level	Numeric Value and Meaning	Recommended Response
Internal Errors	0 is not a valid priority; this is the null priority	None: the message content is not properly categorized.
Internal Errors	1-5 are serious internal errors revealing that internal state is corrupted: report a bug	Administrator should file a bug with Oracle support.
Errors	6-10 are normal errors; can be corrected or addressed.	Error condition needs to be corrected.
Warnings	11-15 are warnings of possible problems.	Condition exists: may require attention
Notification	16-20 are informational notifications.	None: informational only, e.g., "initialization complete"
Trace	21-25 are used for tracing by field support engineers.	None: administrator is not the intended audience.
Dump	26 is used for debugging by the product development group	None: administrator is not the intended audience.

Log File Locations

Table 9-15 provides administration log file locations.

Table 9-15 Administration Log Files  

Name	UNIX	Windows
Administration	$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs/OC4J_UM.default_island	None
Preferences	$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs/OC4J_UM.default_island	None
Portlet	$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/logs/OC4J_UM.default_island	None

Table 9-16 provides server log file locations.

Table 9-16 Server Log Files  

Server	UNIX	Windows
IMAP	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/imap/pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME\oes\log\install_name\imap\pid\pid.log
POP	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/pop/pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME\oes\log\install_name\pop\pid\pid.log
SMTP In	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/smtp_in/pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME\oes\log\install_name\smtp_in\pid/pid.log
SMTP Out	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/smtp_out/pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME\oes\log\install_name\smtp_out\pid\pid.log
Housekeeping Mail Store	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/gc/SID.*/text.log	%ORACLE_HOME\oes\log\gc\SID.*\text.log
Houskeeping Middle Tier	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/gc./pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME\oes\log\install_name\gc.\pid\pid.log
List Server	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/list/pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME%\oes\log\install_name\list\pid\pid.log
NNTP In	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/nntp_in/pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME%\oes\log\install_name\nntp_in\pid\pid.log
NNTP Out	$ORACLE_HOME/oes/log/install_name/nntp_out/pid/pid.log	%ORACLE_HOME%\oes\log\install_name\nntp_out\pid\pid.log