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Interaction specification properties

Interaction specification properties specify business object details for a given data type selected in the external service wizard. When interaction specification values such as To or From addresses are set in the wizard, these values are automatically populated in the business objects created in association with the module.

The following table lists the Interaction specification properties. A complete description of each property is provided in the sections that follow the table.

Interaction specification properties
In the wizard Description
Blind carbon copy

Specifies blind carbon copy addresses for the email.

Carbon copy Specifies email addresses of secondary recipients of the email.
Date

The date set by the mail server of the sender during inbound processing. The date the email is created during outbound processing.

Encoding The type of character encoding to use
From Specifies the address that the email was sent from.
Password

Specifies the password for the user name associated with the mail server.

Reply to Specifies the addresses to which the response emails are to be sent.
Subject Contains a summary of what the email is about.
To Contains the addresses for the primary recipients of the email.
User name Specifies the user name for the mail server to be used for the outbound SMTP session.


Blind carbon copy (Bcc)

This property specifies blind carbon copy addresses for the email. The addresses listed in this field are not included in copies of the message sent to the primary and secondary recipients.

Blind carbon copy details
Required No
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage

This header is only supported for outbound communication.
Some systems choose to include the text of the Bcc field only in the copy of the author,
while some systems include these addresses to all those recipients listed in the Bcc field.

Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes


Carbon copy (Cc)

This property specifies the email addresses of secondary recipients of the email.

Carbon copy details
Required No
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage Specifies email addresses of secondary recipients of the email. All recipients listed in this field are visible to anyone receiving the email.
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes


Date

The date set by the mail server of the sender during inbound processing. The date the email is created during outbound processing.

Date details
Required No
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage The date set by the mail server of the sender during inbound processing. The date the email is created during outbound processing.
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes


Encoding

This attribute is set during outbound communications to indicate the type of character encoding the adapter will use.

Encoding details
Required No
Default No default value
Attribute type String
Usage Encoding is used for headers, mail content, and attachment business objects.
Example The following are the examples of the encoding attribute:

  • ASCII for character encoding based on the English alphabet
  • Big5 for character encoding based on traditional Chinese characters
  • GB18030 for globalized characters in a business graph

Globalized No
Bidi supported No


From

This property specifies the address that the email was sent from.

From details
Required Yes
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage Specifies the address that the email was sent from.
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes


Password (Password)

This property specifies the password for the user name associated with the mail server.

Password details
Required Yes
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage Authenticates the inbound POP3 or IMAP session with the mail server.
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes


Reply to

This property specifies the addresses where responses to the email are to be sent.

Reply to details
Required No
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage Specifies the addresses to which the response emails are to be sent.
Bidi supported No


Subject

This property contains a summary of what the email is about.

Subject details
Required No
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage Contains a summary of what the email is about.
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes


To

This field contains the addresses for the primary recipients of the email.

To details
Required No
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage Contains the addresses for the primary recipients of the email.
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes


User name (UserName)

This property specifies the user name for the mail server to be used for the outbound SMTP session.

User name details
Required Yes
Default No default value
Property type String
Usage This property specifies the user name for the mail server to be used for the outbound SMTP session.
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported Yes

Outbound configuration properties


Related concepts:

Outbound processing

Outbound data transformation

Business object structures


Related tasks:

Setting deployment and runtime properties for simple email data type

Setting deployment and runtime properties for generic email data type

Setting deployment and runtime properties for user-defined data type

Configure the module using the simple email data type

Configure the module using the generic email data type

Configure the module using the user-defined data type

Setting interaction specification properties and generating the service

Setting deployment properties and generating the service

Changing interaction specification properties


Related reference:

Guide to information about properties

Connection properties for the external service wizard

Managed connection factory properties

Resource adapter properties