E-Mail Transport Configuration page

The Create/Edit a Proxy Service - E-Mail Transport Configuration page is one in a series of pages for creating and editing proxy services, as described in Creating and Configuring Proxy Services and Editing Proxy Service Configurations.

Use this page to configure transport settings for a proxy service using the e-mail transport protocol. Table 17-4 describes how to use the page.

Table 17-4 Create/Edit a Proxy Service - E-Mail Transport Configuration Page 
Option
To create or edit...
Service Account
Enter a service account name, or click Browse to select service accounts from a browser.
Managed Server
This field is available only in a clustered domain.
Select the Managed Server to act as the polling server. All of the Managed Servers can process the message, but only one can poll for the message.
Polling Interval
Enter a polling interval, in seconds.
E-Mail Protocol
Select POP3 or IMAP as the server type for the e-mail account.
Read Limit
Specify the maximum number of messages to read per polling sweep. Enter 0 to specify no limit.
Pass By Reference
Select this check box to stage the file in the archive directory and pass it as a reference in the headers.
By default when you create a new service, the Pass By Reference option is selected and you must specify the archive directory location.
Pass Attachments by Reference
Select this check box to stage the attachments in the archive directory and pass them as a reference in the headers.
By default, when the Pass By Reference option is selected, the Pass Attachments By Reference option is implicitly true and you must specify the archive directory location.
Post Read Action
Select what happens to a message after it has been read:
  • Archive - The message is archived.
  • Delete - The message is deleted.
  • Move - The message is moved. Move is only available with the IMAP protocol.
Attachments
Select how attachments are handled:
  • Archive - Attachments are saved to the archive directory.
  • Ignore - Attachments are ignored.
IMAP Move Folder
Enter the folder to which the message is moved if the Post Read Action field is set to Move.
Download Directory
Enter a temporary location for downloading e-mails.
Archive Directory
Specify the path to the archive location if the Post Read Action field is set to Archive.
This field is required if the Pass By Reference or Pass Attachments By Reference option is selected.
Error Directory
Enter the file system directory path to write the message and any attachments if there is a problem.
Request Encoding
Accept the default ISO-8859-1 as the character set encoding for requests in E-mail transports, or enter a different character set encoding.

After you finish

Click Next to continue configuring this service on the next page; or click Last to review and save this configuration on the Create/Edit a Proxy Service - Summary page.