Adding an Email Alias

How to get here

Step 1: Enter Alias Name, choose Alias Type, then click Next.

Type list:

• If you selected Standard

Step 2: Standard Alias Information:

• Alias Name. Displays the name of the new alias. Aliases are limited to 45 characters and must be created from the character set of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore). The name cannot contain spaces and must be unique for the mail domain  A term that refers to the subdivisions of the Internet. Domain can mean the major subdivision of which your network is a part, (.com, .edu, .gov, .net, .us, .uk), or it can refer to your part of the network, as in Ipswitch.com. See also Domain Name System. .
• Type. Displays the alias type.
• Place one complete mail address per line (no spaces). Enter an email address on each line (for example, userid@domain.com  In DOS systems, the name of a serial communications port. DOS supports four serial ports: COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4. However, most software uses system interrupts to access the serial ports, and there are only two IRQ lines reserved. This means that the four COM ports share the same two IRQ lines. Typically, COM1 and COM3 use IRQ4, while COM2 and COM4 use IRQ3. So in general, if you have two devices, one of which is attached to COM1 and the other to COM3, you cannot use them simultaneously. ).

Important: If you enter more than four email addresses, the standard alias is converted to a group alias.

• If you selected Group

Step 2: Select Group File:

• Alias Name. Displays the name for the new alias. Aliases are limited to 45 characters and must be created from the character set of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore). The name cannot contain spaces and must be unique for the mail domain.
• Type. Displays the alias type.
• Add. Click to add an email address to the group alias.
• Delete. Select an email address to remove from the group alias, then click Delete.
• Email Address. Enter an email address to the group alias list.

• If you selected Program

Step 2: Enter Program Information:

• Alias Name. Displays the name for the new alias. Aliases are limited to 45 characters and must be created from the character set of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore). The name cannot contain spaces and must be unique for the mail domain.
• Type. Displays the alias type.
• Resolves To. Enter the program path, filename, and other required command line parameters to be executed when the program alias receives mail. When an email is sent to the program alias, the executable program is invoked and the entire contents of the message are passed to the program to take specified actions on the email.

• If you selected Beeper

Step 2: Enter Beeper Information:

• Alias Name. Enter the name for the new alias. Aliases are limited to 45 characters and must be created from the character set of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore). The name cannot contain spaces and must be unique for the mail domain.
• Type. Displays the alias type.
• Phone Number. Enter the phone number to dial, including the area code.
• Numeric. Enter a numeric code if required.
• COM Port  In TCP/IP and UDP networks, a port is an endpoint to a logical connection and the way a client program specifies a specific server program on a computer in a network. Some ports have numbers that are preassigned to them by the IANA, and these are known as well-known ports (specified in RFC 1700). Port numbers range from 0 to 65536, but only ports numbers 0 to 1024 are reserved for privileged services and designated as well-known ports. This list of well-known port numbers specifies the port used by the server process as its contact port. . Select the device's COM port.
• Baud Rate. Select the device's baud rate .
• Email Address. Enter an email address if you want to send a copy of the message to another address.

• If you selected Pager

Step 2: Enter Pager Information:

• Alias Name. Enter the name for the new alias. Aliases are limited to 45 characters and must be created from the character set of A-Z, a-z, 0-9, - (hyphen) and _ (underscore). The name cannot contain spaces and must be unique for the mail domain.
• Type. Displays the alias type.
• Phone Number. Enter the phone number to dial, including the area code.
• Password. Enter the password for the pager, if required.
• Pager ID. Enter the pager ID.
• Maximum Size. Enter the maximum number of characters for a message.
• Parity. Select the correct number of data bits, parity bits, stop bits for Step the device. The TAP  TAP was formerly known as the Motorola Page Entry (PET) as well as the IXO alphanumeric entry protocol until it was adopted by Telocator in September 1988 as an industry standard for the input of paging requests. Telocator is known as the Personal Communications Industry Association - PCIA. Therefore, the protocol is now referred to as the Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP). protocol  A set of rules that defines how computers will exchange information. uses 7, E, 1.
• Protocol. Select the protocol. This is determined by the paging service  A service is a formal Windows NT/2000 term for an executable object installed in a registry database maintained by NT/2000's Service Control Manager. A service can be automatically started when the system is booted and continues to run until the system is shut down. It will continue to run even when no one is logged on the system. In IMail, you can also stop, start, and restart services separately from their respective administrative pages. provided you use. TAP is typical for U.S. paging systems, NTT is primarily used for Japanese paging systems, and UCP-SMS is typical for European SMS  Short for Short Message Service. Similar to paging, SMS is a service for sending short text messages to mobile phones. paging systems.
• COM Port. Select the modem's COM port.
• Baud Rate. Select the speed that the serial port will communicate with the modem.
• Email Address. Enter an email address if you want to send a copy of the message to another address.

Step 3: Click Finish.

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