General settings for each channel are included in the Properties column of the IMTA Channel Property window. The General Settings include the following:
This checkbox automatically starts the channel on SMCS startup. If you do not select this option, you must manually start the channel from the Administration Console.
This checkbox controls the handling of processed queue messages. Messages are normally deleted from queues after they are delivered. Checking this parameter keeps a copy of each message in the queue even though it has been delivered. Retained messages have a status of DEL, and can be purged through Automated Nightly Maintenance.
This checkbox controls whether addresses in messages processed by this channel are looked up in the directory. Without directory lookups, all messages passing through this channel must contain fully-qualified addresses in order to be delivered.
This is the interval in minutes between mail checks. When the channel finishes processing mail, it sleeps for the Poll Interval before checking again for incoming mail. A sleeping channel wakes when either the Poll Interval expires, or a message is placed in the channel's queue by the router.
This field controls the format of the e-mail alias automatically generated when a new user is added to the directory. As shown in TABLE 3-1, the rule is formed using strings (taken literally) and variables which represent name attributes stored in the directory.
TABLE 3-1 Alias Username Format Variable
$g
$i
$s
$q
Attribute
Given Name
Initials
Surname
Generation Qualifier
Alias Username Format is a write-once field.
Note - Write-once means that you can't change the field without deleting the channel and recreating it.
The default rule for PROFS is $+1g$+7s. For a name like Stephen E. Bates III, the alias would be sbates.When creating rules, the following guidelines apply:
| 1. | Each variable can appear only once in the rule. | |
| 2. | Integers may be used to limit the size of a particular attribute, for example, $7s means seven characters or fewer of the surname attribute. |
Note - This parameter may only be set when the channel is created.
| 3. | A + symbol in front of an integer means that if other size-restricted attributes are empty, the size of this attribute can grow by the size limit of the empty attribute. This allows the total size of the alias to be controlled. For example, $+7s,$5g means "up to seven characters of the surname, followed by a comma and up to five characters of the given name"; however if the given name is blank, the surname can be up to 12 characters. | |
| 4. | Other characters can be included. |
Controls the placement of headers within a message; whether at the top, bottom, both, or neither. Required headers are those the channel requires in order to properly process the message. All other headers are considered optional. The PROFS default header style is All at Top, None at Bottom.The PROFS administrator needs to add this name on the PROFS system. Refer to Appendix A for more details on this option.
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Configuring General Settings |
| 1. | Check the Restart automatically box if you want the channel to start from the SMCS startup. |
| 2. | Check the Retained processed messages box if you want to keep a copy of each message in the queue after delivery. |
| 3. | Check the Lookup addresses in the directory box if you want the addresses from messages processed by this channel to be looked up in the directory. |
| 4. | Choose the poll interval, entering your value in minutes. |
| 5. | Enter the desired Alias user name format in the text box, using a space between each variable. |
| 6. | Choose the header style. To view different values click on the box right next to the Header Style label. The PROFS default style is All at Top, None at Bottom. |
| 7. | If you are using the Transport default and not configuring dirsync, you can click OK at this point. If you want to change any settings, click Cancel and select the settings that you want. |