Setting up an SMTP target

An SMTP target polls your POP3 mail server (according to the schedule you specify) to look for new documents.

The following steps describe what you need to specify for an SMTP (POP3) target.

  1. Click Hub Admin > Hub Configuration > Targets to display the Targets List page.
  2. From the Target List page, click Create Target.

Target Details

In the Target Details section, perform the following steps:

  1. Type a name for the target. For example, you might call the target POP3Target1. This is a required field. The name you enter here will be displayed on the Targets list.
  2. Optionally indicate the status of the target. Enabled is the default. A target that is enabled is ready to accept documents. A target that is disabled cannot accept documents.
  3. Optionally enter a description of the target.
  4. Select POP3 from the Transport list.

Target Configuration

In the Target Configuration section of the page, perform the following steps:

  1. Optionally indicate the gateway type. The gateway type defines the nature of the transmission. For example, if you want to test a document exchange before putting it into production, you would enter Test. The default is Production.
  2. Enter the location of the POP3 server where mail is delivered. For example, you might enter an IP address.
  3. Optionally enter a port number. If you do not enter anything, the value of 110 is used.
  4. Enter the user ID and password required to access the mail server, if a user ID and password are required.
  5. Optionally enter a value for Thread Nbr, to indicate the number of documents the Document Manager can process simultaneously. The default value of 1 is recommended.

Schedule

In the Schedule section of the page, perform the following steps:

  1. Select Interval Based Scheduling or Calendar Based Scheduling.
  2. Perform one of the sets of steps:

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