When the queue to e-mail symbiont queue is started, it consults the option file q2email_option. in the PMDF table directory, i.e., PMDF_TABLE:q2email_option. If the file does not exist, the symbiont will use internal defaults. The format of the entries in the file is the same as those in other PMDF option files (but not the PMDF Process Symbiont). See, for instance, Section 7.2.

The available options are:

ADDRESSING_CHANNEL (text string <= 252 characters long)

The domain name (host name) associated with an addressing channel. Messages queued to the symbiont without any TO, CC, or BCC parameters will be forwarded to the specified addressing channel which will then try to extract information from the body of the message. There is no default for this option. This option applies to all instances of the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the ADDRESSING_CHANNEL_queue option.

ADDRESSING_DELIMITER (single character)

Specifies the character to use as a command delimiter when generating a message containing addressing channel commands. Such messages are generated when a PostScript file is printed to the symbiont, in which case the symbiont attempts to extract addressing channel commands from the PostScript file itself and to reformat them for use by an addressing channel. By default, a colon is used. When the target addressing channel uses a delimiter other than a colon (as specified with the DELIMITER option to that addressing channel), then the queue to e-mail symbiont must be made aware of this via the ADDRESSING_DELIMITER option. This option applies to all instances of the the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the ADDRESSING_DELIMITER_queue option.

CHARSET

This option is used to specify the character set used in PostScript files passed to the symbiont. If this option is not specified, the local channel's character set will be assumed. This option applies to all instances of the the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the CHARSET_queue option.

EXCLUDE_PROXIES (text string <= 252 characters long)

This option specifies a list of usernames which, when encountered, will be discarded and the print job's job name used instead. This option is intended for use with Pathworks which typically submits print jobs under the username MSAP$ACCOUNT or PCFS$ACCOUNT and specifies for the job name the remote Pathworks user's login name (i.e., the username under which the remote user logged into the server). By using the job name in such instances, a more apt return address is used for the From: address of the e-mail message to be generated. If not specified, the list /MSAP$ACCOUNT/PCFS$ACCOUNT/ is used. The list must begin and end with a slash, /, and a slash must delimit each entry in the list. No spaces or other punctuation can appear. This option applies to all instances of the the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the EXCLUDE_PROXIES_queue option.

EXCLUDE_USERNAMES (text string <= 252 characters long)

A list of usernames to not use in a From: address (e.g., DECNET). The address "<>" will be used in place of any username found in this list. If not specified, the list "/SYSTEM/DECNET/" is used. The list must begin and end with a slash, "/", and a slash must delimit each entry in the list. No spaces or other punctuation can appear. This option applies to all instances of the the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the EXCLUDE_USERNAMES_queue option.

FROM_ALLOWED (0 or 1)

This option specifies whether or not users can specify the message's From: address with the FROM parameter. By default, users are not allowed to specify the From: address (FROM_ALLOWED=0). To allow users to set the From: address, specify FROM_ALLOWED=1 in the option file. This option applies to all instances of the the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the FROM_ALLOWED_queue option.

HEADERS_ALLOWED (0 or 1)

This option specifies whether or not users can specify an initial set of header lines for an e-mail message submission. (Users do so with the HEADERS parameter when they print a file to the symbiont.) By default, users are allowed to specify an initial set of header line (HEADERS_ALLOWED=1). To disallow users to specify header lines, specify HEADERS_ALLOWED=0 in the option file. This option applies to all instances of the the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the HEADERS_ALLOWED_queue option.

SPACE_STRINGS (0 or 1)

By default (SPACE_STRINGS=1), when composing addressing channel commands from text strings extracted from a PostScript file, a space will be placed between each extracted string. This behavior can be inhibited by specifying SPACE_STRINGS=0. This option applies to all instances of the the queue to e-mail server and, for a given queue queue, can be overridden with the SPACE_STRINGS_queue option.