Overview of e-Mail adapter implementation

The process of implementing the e-Mail adapter includes a variety of tasks. Here is an overview of the tasks that you must complete before using the e-Mail adapter to send and receive business objects:

  1. Determine the format of the data that will be sent and received in e-mail attachments.
  2. When you understand the data formats, you can determine what data handlers the adapter will need to convert business objects to e-mail messages and messages to business objects. For information on data handlers, see "How the e-Mail adapter and data handlers work".
  3. If the adapter must handle business object requests, create the business object definitions that the e-Mail adapter will use. For information, see Developing business objects for the adapter.
  4. Configure the e-Mail adapter with the other components of the integration broker to send or receive the desired business objects via e-mail.
  5. If your integration broker is InterChange Server, you may need to modify the data handler top-level meta-object. For adapters, the default top-level meta-object is named MO_DataHandler_Default. To modify this meta-object, use Business Object Designer. For information on data handler meta-objects, see Data handler meta-objects.
  6. If polling must be implemented, determine what mail servers the adapter will connect with, and create the mailboxes for the poll locations. For information, see Configuring mail servers for polling.
  7. For polling, configure the e-Mail adapter meta-object. This meta-object defines the poll locations for the e-Mail adapter. For more information, see Using e-Mail adapter meta-objects.
  8. Configure the adapter by setting adapter configuration properties. For example, specify the name of the top-level data handler meta-object in the e-Mail adapter configuration attribute DataHandlerConfigMO. For information on adapter configuration properties, see Configuring the adapter definition.

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