You can customize message delivery on Domino®, including how many threads are used
to deliver messages, whether the messages must be encrypted, how long
the server waits for a pre-delivery agent to run, and whether the
Router supports the forwarding action in client mail rules.
About this task
Notes® users can
create mail file rules that automatically process new mail. Client
mail rules specify an action to take when a newly-delivered message
meets certain conditions. For example, one action that may be included
in client mail rules is the stop processing action. The stop processing
action stops the processing of all rules that are preceded by the
rule containing the stop processing action. You can use the stop processing
action alone, that is, as the only action in a mail rule, or you can
use it with another action in a rule. The stop processing action can
also be included in one rule that is in a series of rules. This is
especially useful when more than one rule applies to a message, but
you want execution of client mail rules to stop after the first action
is executed.
For information about client mail rules see IBM®
Notes 9.0.1 Social Edition Help.
For
information about mail quota controls, see the related topics.
Procedure
- Make sure you already have a Configuration Settings document
for the server(s) to be configured.
- From the Domino Administrator,
click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
- Click Configurations.
- Select the Configuration Settings document for the mail
server or servers you want to administer, and click Edit
Configuration.
- Click the tab.
- Complete these fields in the Delivery Controls section,
and then click Save & Close:
Table 1. Delivery Controls options| Field
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Description
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| Maximum delivery threads
|
The maximum number of server threads Domino can create to deliver
mail from MAIL.BOX to local mail files. The Router
automatically sets the default maximum number of delivery threads
based on server memory. Letting the Router select the maximum number
is usually best. To set the maximum number manually, enter a maximum
between 1 and 25, based on the server load.
|
| Encrypt all delivered mail
|
Choose one:
- Enabled - When delivering messages to local
mail files, Domino encrypts
the messages, regardless of whether the sender encrypted the message
or the recipient's mail file encrypts messages.
- Disabled (default) -- Domino encrypts messages only if the recipient's
mail file is set to encrypt received messages.
Note: When encryption is enabled and an external user requests
a return receipt for a message sent to a user whose mail file is on
the server, the return receipt message that Domino generates contains a blank message
body.
|
| Pre-delivery agents
|
Users who create LotusScript® or Java agents for their mail files can set the
agent to run before new mail arrives. When delivering a new message,
if the Router detects such a pre-delivery agent, it runs the agent
against the message before the message ever appear in the recipient's
Inbox. Use this field to specify whether the server permits the use
of pre-delivery agents. Choose one:
- Enabled - (default) Allows the Router to
run agents that process mail before delivering it to user mail files
on the server.
- Disabled - Prevents the Router from running
pre-delivery agents.
|
| Pre-delivery agent timeout
|
The maximum time (in seconds) that a pre-delivery
agent, such as a mail filter, can run before the Router interrupts
it. Because the Router waits for pre-delivery agents to complete,
failure to restrict agents can slow routing performance on the server.
The default timeout is 30 seconds.
|
| User rules mail forwarding
|
Notes users can create mail file rules that
automatically process new mail. User mail rules specify an action to take when newly-delivered
messages meet certain conditions. Use this field to specify whether the Router on this server
supports the Send copy to rule action to send copies of selected messages
automatically to other recipients. This option does not affect any forwarding rules that are
specified in a user's Person document or any other type of mail server forwarding or re-direction.
Choose one: - Enabled - The Router supports the Send copy to
action for Notes client mail rules, allowing users to send
copies of messages automatically to other recipients. Use the Deny rules mail forwarding
to external internet domains setting to control messages that are sent to external
domains.
- Disabled - Prevents Notes clients
from using the Send copy to rule action.
|
Deny rules mail forwarding to external internet domains
|
This option is seen when User rules mail forwarding is
Enabled and you upgrade to the pubnames.ntf template
provided with Domino 9.0.1 Feature Pack 9 or later. Choose one: - Enabled to prevent users from using the Send copy
to rule action to forward messages to external domains. Use the Allow
forwarding to these additional internet domains option to make exceptions and allow
messages to be sent to specific external domains.
- Disabled to allow users to use the Send copy to
rule action to forward messages to all external domains.
|
Allow forwarding to these additional internet domains
|
This option is available when Deny rules mail forwarding to external
internet domains is Enabled. Use it to specify individual domains
that are exceptions that you want to allow users to use the Send copy to rule
action to forward messages to. For example, specify mail.renovations.com. Or
use a wildcard to specify multiple domains, for example *.renovations.com.
Leave the option blank to deny forwarding to all external domains.
|
| Reverse-path for forwarded mail
|
Choose one:
- Set reverse-path to null -- Default setting. Delivery status reports
are not sent.
- Preserve existing value -- Leave the setting as is. The message
originator, that is, the person who originally sent the message, may
receive delivery failure reports.
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Results
The change takes effect after the next Router configuration
update. What to do next
To put the new setting into effect immediately, reload the
routing configuration.