XFOR: Inbody addressing

• Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SUMMARY

The inbody (or ad hoc) addressing feature allows host senders to address users that are not registered in the host or Microsoft Exchange Server directory. The system administrator can disable this feature.

MORE INFORMATION

This inbody addressing feature is available on the host connector because its 8x8 character address space, consisting of the DGN.DEN, limits the addressing options from the host to other mail systems. For example, in Lotus cc:Mail or Lotus Notes, a user can explicitly address using @smtp or @notes or @ccmail.

Distribution Group Name (DGN) and Distribution Element Name (DEN) are addressing components of a SNADS address. OV/VM addresses have the same restrictions but are called nodeid(userid). DGN is similar to a postoffice (or just a grouping of users); DEN is similar to a username.

In SNADS or OV/VM, the sender is limited to specifying the DGN (or nodeid) and DEN (or userid) of the user. This DGN.DEN (or nodeid[userid]) combination uniquely identifies a user defined in the host address directory. Because a fully qualified Lotus Notes, Lotus cc:Mail, or SMTP address does not fit in the 8x8 character field, the sender can specify the recipients in the body of the message. A keyword tells the connector where the addresses begin and the blanks identify the end of recipient's addresses. The default keyword is "subject:" (without the quotes). However, this can be changed by assigning a value to the LASTMSGHEADER parameter in the LME-SNADS section of the .ini file.

In the To field, the host user sends the message to DGN.DEN (or nodeid[userid]) where DGN represents the Exchange Server computer and DEN is the adhoc ID as specified in the .ini file in the LME section. In LinkAge Message Exchange, the default adhoc ID is "linkage" (without the quotes). In Exchange Server 5.5, an administrator has to enter an adhoc ID because the default value is blank (hence, disabled).

To Disable Inbody Addressing

Set the value of the ADHOCID parameter in the Exchconn.ini file to a null string. Add the following line to the file:

      ADHOCID = 

Set the value of the ADHOCID parameter in the Linkage.ini file to a null string. Add the following line to the file:

      ADHOCID = 

To Enable Inbody Addressing

Set the value of the ADHOCID parameter in the Exchconn.ini file to the preferred value. For example, add one of the following lines to the file:

      ADHOCID = INTERNET 

-or-

      ADHOCID = INBODY 

Keywords : XFOR
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto