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.

two way email settings

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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