Address Handling

Use this property page to configure the GroupWise^® Internet Agent's handling of e-mail addresses.

Addressing Style
GroupWise supports both Internet-style addressing (user_ID@hostname) and GroupWise proprietary addressing (user_ID.post_office.domain). By default, the Internet Agent uses Internet-style addressing.

If you do not want the Internet Agent to use standard Internet-style addressing (user_ID@hostname), turn on the Ignore GroupWise Internet Addressing option. With this option turned on, messages use the mail domain name in the Foreign ID field (GroupWise tab > Identification page) for the domain portion of a user's Internet address. The Internet Agent continues to support user and post office aliases in either mode. This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /dia switch.

Inbound Settings
The following option applies to messages received from the Internet.

Expand Distribution Lists on Incoming Messages
Select this option to have incoming Internet messages addressed to public groups sent to all members of the groups. This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /group switch.

Do Not Replace Underscores with Spaces
Select this option if you do not want the Internet Agent to convert usernames in e-mail addresses from the format Firstname_Lastname into the format Firstname Lastname by replacing the underscore with a space. By default, this conversion takes place automatically, even though Firstname_Lastname is not an address format that is included in the Allowed Address Formats list in the Internet Addressing dialog box (Tools > GroupWise System Operations > Internet Addressing). This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /dontreplaceunderscore switch.

Outbound Settings
The following options apply to messages sent to the Internet.

Non-GroupWise Domain for RFC-822 Replies
This setting can be used only if 1) you created a non-GroupWise domain to represent all or part of the Internet, and 2) you defined the non-GroupWise domain's outgoing conversion format as RFC-822 when you linked the Internet Agent to the domain.
Enter the name of the non-GroupWise domain associated with the RFC-822 conversion format. When a GroupWise user replies to a message that was originally received by the Internet Agent in RFC-822 format, the reply is sent to the specified domain and converted to RFC-822 format so that it is in the same format as the original message.

This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /fd822 switch.

Non-GroupWise Domain for MIME Replies
This setting can be used only if 1) you've created a non-GroupWise domain that represents all or part of the Internet, and 2) you defined the non-Groupwise domain's outgoing conversion format as MIME when you linked the Internet Agent to the domain.
Enter the name of the non-GroupWise domain associated with the MIME conversion format. When a GroupWise user replies to a message that was originally received by the Internet Agent in MIME format, the reply is sent to the specified domain and converted to MIME format so that it is in the same format as the original message.

This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /fdmime switch.

Sender's Address Format
This setting applies only if you have not enabled GroupWise Internet addressing (in other words, you've selected the Ignore GroupWise Internet Addressing option). If GroupWise Internet addressing is enabled, the Internet Agent ignores this setting and uses the preferred address format established for outbound messages (Tools menu > GroupWise System Operations > Internet Addressing).

The Sender's Address Format setting lets you specify which GroupWise address components (domain.post_office.user_ID) will be included as the user portion of an outbound Internet address. You can choose from the following options:

Domain, Post Office, User, and Hostname: Uses the domain.post_office.user_ID@hostname syntax.

Post Office, User, and Hostname: Uses the post_office.user_ID@hostname syntax.

User and Hostname: Uses the user_ID@hostname syntax.

Auto (default): Uses the GroupWise addressing components required to make the address unique within the user's GroupWise system. If a user ID is unique in a GroupWise system, the outbound address uses only the user ID. If the post office or domain.post office components are required to make the address unique, these components will also be included in the outbound address.

This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /aql switch.

Place Domain and Post Office Qualifiers
If the sender's address format must include the domain and/or post office portions to be unique, you can use this option to determine where the domain and post office portions are located within the address.
You can move GroupWise address components, except the user component, to the right or left side of the @ sign in the address format. When the address components are moved to the right side of the @ sign they become part of the host portion of the sender's address. The default setting is the left side.

On Left of Address (default): Leaves the domain and post office portions on the left side of the @ sign (for example, domain.post_office.user_ID@hostname. This is equivalent to not using the Internet Agent's /aqor switch.

On Right of Address: Moves the domain and post office portions to the right side of the @ sign, making the domain and post office part of the host portion of the address (for example, user_ID@post_office.domain.hostname. If you choose this option, you must ensure that your DNS server can resolve each post_office.domain.hostname portion of the address. This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /aqor switch.

Retain Distribution Lists on Outgoing Messages
Select this option if you do not want the Internet Agent to expand distribution lists on messages going to external Internet users. Expansion of distribution lists can result in large SMTP headers on outgoing messages. This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /keepsendgroups switch.

Use GroupWise User Address as Mail From: for Rule Generated Messages
Select this option if you want the Internet Agent to use the real user in the Mail From field instead of having auto-forwards come from Postmaster and auto-replies come from Mailer-Daemon. This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /realmailfrom switch.

Display Fullname as Lastname, Firstname
Select this option if you want the Internet Agent to format the user's full name with the last name first, regardless of the preferred address format that would otherwise be in effect. This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /displaylastfirst switch.

Do Not Include the Fullname in the MIME Header
Select this option if you want the Internet Agent to use the user's e-mail address in the From field of the message's MIME header and not include the user's display name. This setting corresponds with the Internet Agent's /notfamiliar switch.

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