Two Way Email Settings

The Traces folder in the Configuration tab, shown in the following image, contains settings for the Two Way Email feature. This folder is only available if you have installed Two Way Email.

The Two Way Email folder contains the following configuration settings.

Setting

Optional or Required/Default Value

Descriptions and Possible Values

Enabled

Default is No.

Selections are:

  • Yes (if license code for Two-Way Email and Managed Reporting was entered). Activates the Two-Way Email listener.
  • No (if non-Two-Way Email license code was entered). Disables the Two-Way Email listener.

Two Way Default section

Two Way Server Name

Required

Default value is EDASERVE.

Default WebFOCUS Reporting Server for Two-Way Email requests.

Two-Way Email does not support multiple WebFOCUS Reporting Servers. Two Way Email requests run against one dedicated server.

Selections are

  • OFF.
  • EDASERVE.

Two Way User

Required

Default Execution ID and password. This ID is used when a Two-Way Email subscriber selects the default check box for WebFOCUS credentials during a subscription.

Account

No default.

Full e-mail address used as the sender and reply address for the Two-Way Email listener. Should be equivalent to MAILUSER@MAILSERVER

Error Account

No default.

An e-mail box to which all unknown e-mails (for example, e-mails lacking a proper Two-Way Email tag) will be forwarded.

Default Two Way Reply Account

No default.

Enables you to override and provide a different Reply Address than the e-mail address specified in the Account setting.

Event Log

Default value is On.

Controls what Two-Way Email inbox events should be logged.

On displays all events.

Error displays only errors.

Off turns off the Event Log. Nothing displays.

Two Way Report Type

Default value is Inline.

Controls the type of report delivered by Two-Way Email.

Other options are:

  • HTML Attachment
  • Active HTML Attachment

Note: In order to use the Active HTML Attachment option, you must be licensed to run Active HTML reports.

Mail Server

Required

POP3 or IMAP mail server.

You can also specify a port for the Mail Server using hostname:port. If you do not specify a port or the port you specify is not present, the default port is used.

Protocol

Default value is Pop3.

Controls the post-office protocol to be used to connect to the Two-Way Email inbox. Set to either Pop3 or Imap.

For z/OS platforms, only Imap is supported.

Mail User

Any alphanumeric string.

No Default value.

Two-Way inbox logon user ID and password.

Mail Frequency

Any integer.

Default value is 60 seconds.

Frequency to poll the inbox (n seconds between each poll).


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