Chapter 10. SQL Remote Administration
messagelink is working.
SMTPmessage control
parameters Beforethe Message Agent connects to the message system to send or
receivemessages, the user must either have a set of control parameters
alreadyset on their machine, or must fill in a window with the needed
information. This information is needed only on the first connection. It is
savedand used as the default entries on subsequent connects.
TheSMTP message system uses the following control parameters:
local_host Thisis the name of the local computer. Itis useful on
machineswhere SQL Remote is unable to determine the local host name.
Thelocal host name is needed to initiate a session with any SMTP server.
Inmost network environments, the local host name can be determined
automaticallyand this entry is not needed.
TOP_supported SQLRemote uses a POP3 command called TOP when
enumeratingincoming messages. TheTOP command may not be
supportedby all POP servers. Settingthis entry to NO will use the RETR
command,which is less efficient but will work with all POP servers. The
defaultis YES.
smtp_authenticate Determineswhether the SMTP link authenticates
theuser. Thedefault value is YES. Set to NO for no SMTP
authenticationto be carried out.
smtp_userid Theuser ID for SMTP authentication. Bydefault this
parametertakes the same value as the pop3_userid parameter. The
smtp_useridonly needs to be set if the user ID is different to that on the
POPserver.
smtp_password Thepassword for SMTP authentication. By default
thisparameter takes the same value as the pop3_password parameter.
Thesmtp_password only needs to be set if the user ID is different to that
onthe POP server.
smtp_host Thisis the name of the computer on which the SMTP server
isrunning. Itcorresponds to the SMTP host field in the SMTP/POP3
logindialog.
pop3_host Thisis the name of the computer on which the POP host is
running. It is commonly the same as the SMTP host. It corresponds to
thePOP3 host field in the SMTP/POP3 login dialog.
pop3_userid Thisis used to retrieve mail. ThePOP user ID
correspondsto the user ID field in the SMTP/POP3 login dialog. You
mustobtain a user ID from your POP host administrator.
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