Mail session settings: WAS v5.1

Mail session settings

To configure specific mail providers.
To view this administrative console page, click Resources> Mail Providers > mail_provider > Mail Sessions > mail_session.

Configuration tab

Name Specifies the administrative name of the JavaMail session object.

JNDI Name Specifies the JNDI name for the resource, including any naming subcontexts.
This name provides the link between the platform binding information for resources defined in the client application deployment descriptor and the actual resources bound into JNDI by the platform.

Description Specifies an optional description for your administrative records.

Category Specifies an optional collection for classifying or grouping sessions.

Mail Transport Host Specifies the server accessed when sending mail.

Mail Transport Protocol Specifies the transport protocol used when sending mail.

Mail Transport User Specifies the user ID when the mail transport host requires authentication.
This setting is not generally used for most mail servers. Leave this field blank unless you use a mail server that requires a user ID and password.

Mail Transport Password Specifies the password when the mail transport host requires authentication.
This setting is not generally used for most mail servers. Leave this field blank unless you use a mail server that requires a user ID and password.

Mail from Specifies the mail originator.
This value represents the Internet e-mail address that, by default, displays in the received message, as either the From or the Reply-To address. The recipient's reply comes to this address.

Mail Store Host Specifies the server accessed when receiving the mail.
This setting, combined with the mail store user ID and password, represents a valid mail account. For example, if the mail account is john_william@my.company.com then the mail store host is my.company.com.

Mail Store Protocol Specifies the protocol used when receiving mail; it could be IMAP, POP3 or any store protocol for which the user has installed a provider.

Mail Store User Specifies the user ID for the given mail account.
For example, if the mail account is john_william@my.company.com then the user is john_william.

Mail Store Password Specifies the password for the given mail account .
For example, if the mail account is john_william@my.company.com then enter the password for ID john_william.

Name	Specifies the administrative name of the JavaMail session object.
JNDI Name	Specifies the JNDI name for the resource, including any naming subcontexts. This name provides the link between the platform binding information for resources defined in the client application deployment descriptor and the actual resources bound into JNDI by the platform.
Description	Specifies an optional description for your administrative records.
Category	Specifies an optional collection for classifying or grouping sessions.
Mail Transport Host	Specifies the server accessed when sending mail.
Mail Transport Protocol	Specifies the transport protocol used when sending mail.
Mail Transport User	Specifies the user ID when the mail transport host requires authentication. This setting is not generally used for most mail servers. Leave this field blank unless you use a mail server that requires a user ID and password.
Mail Transport Password	Specifies the password when the mail transport host requires authentication. This setting is not generally used for most mail servers. Leave this field blank unless you use a mail server that requires a user ID and password.
Mail from	Specifies the mail originator. This value represents the Internet e-mail address that, by default, displays in the received message, as either the From or the Reply-To address. The recipient's reply comes to this address.
Mail Store Host	Specifies the server accessed when receiving the mail. This setting, combined with the mail store user ID and password, represents a valid mail account. For example, if the mail account is john_william@my.company.com then the mail store host is my.company.com.
Mail Store Protocol	Specifies the protocol used when receiving mail; it could be IMAP, POP3 or any store protocol for which the user has installed a provider.
Mail Store User	Specifies the user ID for the given mail account. For example, if the mail account is john_william@my.company.com then the user is john_william.
Mail Store Password	Specifies the password for the given mail account . For example, if the mail account is john_william@my.company.com then enter the password for ID john_william.