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   To define a mail system for Oracle Alert:

1. Navigate to the Oracle Alert Options form.

2. Display the Mail Systems alternative region.

3. The Name field displays the names of the electronic mail systems you can use with Oracle Alert. Oracle Alert predefines three mail systems for you:

• Oracle Office

• Unix mail

• VMS mail

4. Add the names of any other local mail systems you want to use.

Note: Oracle Alert can communicate directly with a local electronic mail system to send outgoing mail if the local sendmail command can accept arguments from Oracle Alert that consists of a filename that indicates the body of the mail message and a recipient list.

5. In the Command field, enter the operating system command you use to invoke your mail system.

For Unix Mail, Oracle Alert displays the full path name of the executable file. For VMS mail, Oracle Alert displays the command MAIL. Oracle Office does not require any value in this field.

6. In the Parameters field, enter the parameters you want to pass to your mail system.

Attention: If you use another mail system, Oracle Alert will append the name of the file where the message body is written and a comma separated list of message recipients after any parameters you define. Please ensure that your mail system can accept this information.

7. Check the In Use check box to enable the mail system. You can enable only one mail system at a time. Oracle Alert displays the name of the enabled system first, then displays the remaining systems alphabetically by name.

8. Save your changes.