Configure AMOS Mail for Import

100 Pages·2001·3.94 MB·English

AMOS Mail
Administrator's Guide

Version 5.0
Edition Note
The document is prepared for the version 5.0 of AMOS Mail.
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Foreword
This guide has been written for advanced users, as well as
consultants and other professionals who are configuring and
administrating the AMOS Mail program. The objective of this guide
is to provide the technical information needed to perform these
tasks.
Since many of the configuration features described in this guide
affect the way a system function or module operates, it assumed that
the reader is familiar with the AMOS Mail program. A good
knowledge of automatic data processing and general familiarity
with the Windows® operating environment are also assumed.
The aim of this manual is to cover all relevant technical issues of
the program. However, it does not include topic oriented user
instructions, which is to be found in the User's Guide. The
remaining documentation for AMOS Mail is to be found in the
following manuals:
• AMOS Mail Installation Guide
• AMOS Mail User's Guide
Please note that this manual is not meant to be read from cover to
cover, but rather to serve as a reference manual over the topics
listed above.

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Contents

Introduction.........................................................................................1
Product Description...................................................................................................1
Hardware and Software Requirements...................................................................1
Related Documents....................................................................................................2
Connecting to Post Offices.............................................................3
Connecting to Post Offices.......................................................................................3
Mailbox Management........................................................................5
Mailbox Management...............................................................................................5
General settings..........................................................................................................5
Capabilities.................................................................................................................7
List Memberships......................................................................................................8
Workgroup Management.................................................................9
Workgroup Management..........................................................................................9
Workgroup Properties.............................................................................................11
Defining and Connecting to Remote Post Offices..................15
Remote Post Offices................................................................................................15
Gateway on this Post office....................................................................................18
Host connected via Modem....................................................................................19
Host connected via TCP/IP....................................................................................23
Rerouted Host or Gateway.....................................................................................24
Host connected via Internet Tunneling................................................................26
Host connected via file exchange (AMF)............................................................27
In the Office..............................................................................................27
Onboard the ship......................................................................................28
Schedule Maintenance...................................................................31
Schedule Maintenance............................................................................................31
Distribution Rules............................................................................32
Distribution Rules....................................................................................................32
Least Cost Routing.........................................................................35
Least Cost Routing..................................................................................................35
Fax Headers......................................................................................37
Fax Headers..............................................................................................................37
Sending Fax via other Post offices........................................................................38
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Distribution and Printing of Messages......................................39
Message Distribution...............................................................................................39
Distribution elements...............................................................................................39
Distribute Outgoing Mail........................................................................................39
Distribute Incoming Mail........................................................................................40
Printing of messages................................................................................................40
Examples of Distribution........................................................................................41
Time and Time Zones.....................................................................47
Time and Time Zones..............................................................................................47
The use of Aliases in AMOS Mail................................................48
Aliases........................................................................................................................48
Internet Aliases.........................................................................................................48
Application Interface......................................................................50
Application Interface...............................................................................................50
Starting the API Server............................................................................................50
Addressing Applications.........................................................................................50
Defining Applications..............................................................................................51
Specifying API Options...........................................................................................53
The AMOS Mail Utility Programs ................................................54
The AMutlDir Program...........................................................................................54
To Run the AMutlDir Program..............................................................54
Configuration of AMutlDir.....................................................................55
Specifying the Directories to scan.........................................................56
Interface with AMOS-D..........................................................................................57
AMOS-D Export and Import..................................................................57
Sending Faxes from AMOS-D and other DOS applications............57
Sending Faxes from AMOS4W and other Windows applications...57
Using Mail from Applications......................................................58
Using Mail from Applications................................................................................58
MAPI Interface.........................................................................................................58
Sending E-Mail with the MAPISendMail function............................58
Enabling AMOS Mail Simple MAPI....................................................59
Using 3rd party E-Mail clients................................................................................59
Configure and start the SMTP and POP3 servers on the AMOS Mail
server...........................................................................................................59
Example: Install and Configure Internet Mail.....................................61
DDE Command Interface........................................................................................63
Using the AMOS Mail Fax Printer........................................................................63
Sending Mail from MS-DOS..................................................................................64
Sending Fax Images from MS-DOS.....................................................................65
Using the MAPITIF.DLL interface.......................................................................65
Database Administration..............................................................68
Introduction...............................................................................................................68
Database Integrity Checker.....................................................................................68
Database Reorganization.........................................................................................69
Local Post office Check and Repair......................................................................70
Post office Backup...................................................................................................71
Directory Management..................................................................72
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Directory Management...........................................................................................72
Directory Templates................................................................................................72
Template Details ......................................................................................72
Directory Export and Import..................................................................................73
Pointed Brackets......................................................................................74
Automatic Directory Synchronization.................................................................76
Telex Monitor....................................................................................77
The Telex Monitor...................................................................................................77
Accounting Module.........................................................................78
The Accounting Module.........................................................................................78
Program Settings......................................................................................................78
Import of Billing Transactions..............................................................................79
Cost Table.................................................................................................................81
Cost Table Buttons..................................................................................81
The Cost Detail Window........................................................................82
Reports.......................................................................................................................83
A4W Interface to AMOS Mail.........................................................86
The A4W interface..................................................................................................86
Pre Installation Requirements................................................................................86
Procedure...................................................................................................................87
Configure A4W for Export ....................................................................................88
Configure A4W for import.....................................................................................88
Configure AMOS Mail for Import........................................................................89
Sample SENDALL.BAT........................................................................................90
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................................92

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Introduction
Product Description
AMOS Mail is a mail software package for the Microsoft Windows
family of operating systems. The package supports both local (in-
house mail) and external mail through gateways or direct links to
external PTT carriers such as fax and telex.
Exchange of local mail is based on a common database (Post office)
shared among a number of Mailboxes. The package will run on any
networking environment that support shared files. The software may
be run in a client-server configuration in a Microsoft Windows-NT
environment.
AMOS Mail can also be installed on a standalone PC acting as a
single Mailbox remote Post office.
Post offices may be interconnected using either dial up lines, X.25
lines, ISDN lines, Cellular Phones, Satellite links or local-area
networks.
Mail can also be exchanged with a wide range of third party mail
packages through gateways.

Hardware and Software Requirements
The following is a list of the minimum configuration required to run
AMOS Mail on a Personal Computer.
• Industry standard PC
• Color monitor
• Windows-95, Windows-98, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows
2000
• A mouse or other compatible pointing device
• A 3½-inch (1.44 megabyte) floppy disk or access to a CD-
ROM for installation
The AMOS Mail modem gateway require the following additional
components:
• A supported modem
• A buffered serial I/O port (16650 UART) is highly
recommended for high-speed (above 9600 baud) modem
communication.
The optional AMOS Mail Client/Server configuration requires a
Windows-NT Workstation or Server.
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Related Documents
This document describes the administrative functions of AMOS
Mail. The following additional documents are available:
• AMOS Mail Installation Guide
• AMOS Mail User's Guide
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