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Managing mail with MMDF

Adding channels

To add a new channel, start the Channel Administration Manager. Then:

  1. Select Add from the Channel menu.

  2. Specify the ``Channel Name''. The name must begin with a letter and must contain only letters and digits.

  3. Select the ``Program''. The channel program is used to invoke this channel; it receives mail from deliver(ADM) and carries it to its destination on the local machine or across the network to a remote machine. The program must be installed in /usr/mmdf/chans.

  4. Enter a ``Description'' of the channel. This description is used by certain programs as a display line to explain the function of the channel. For example, the checkque(ADM) program uses this description in its status reports.

  5. Select the name of the ``Table'' to be associated with this channel. The table lists the hosts that are accessible on this channel.

    If you specify a new channel table name, the name must begin with a letter and must contain only letters and digits. The new table will be defined using the same ``Name'' and ``Description'' as are used to describe this channel. For additional information, see ``Channel tables''.

  6. Enter a ``Configuration string''. This string specifies channel-specific configuration parameters. For example, use this string to specify to a uucp channel the number of addresses remote hosts can handle in a single message. See ``Channel configuration strings''.

  7. You can select additional options for this channel. See ``Specifying channel address parameters'', ``Specifying channel delivery options'', and ``Changing error logging levels''.

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Specifying channel address parameters

To specify channel address parameters, when adding a channel using the Channel Administration Manager, select Add from the Channel menu, then select Addressing:

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Specifying channel delivery options

To specify channel delivery options, when adding a channel using the Channel Administration Manager, select Add from the Channel menu, then select Delivery and make your selections:

When you finish entering the delivery options, click on Close.

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