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Use

You can assign action groups to Bounced Mail Framework (BMF) patterns and execute them when these patterns match the header or contents of a mail message. Each action group consists of one or more actions. Actions are simple events that you can combine in groups and specify the order of their execution.

You can add, rename, or delete action groups as well as the actions within the groups.

Prerequisites

You have navigated to Administer Bounced Mail Framework → Clients and selected a client application from the list.

Procedure

Managing Action Groups

Choose Settings → Action Groups.

  • To create an action group, choose Add under Action Groups.
    1. Enter a name for the action group.
    2. ChooseSave.
  • To rename an action group, select it and choose Rename.
    1. Enter a name for the action group.
    2. ChooseSave.
  • To remove an action group, select it and choose Delete.

    Confirm your decision.

Managing Actions

  1. Select an action group from the list.
  2. In the list of actions for the selected group, choose Add.
  3. Enter a name for the action and select its type:

Action Types

Type Description

Notify By Mail

Notifies the BMF administrator of the bounced mails.

For more information on configuring the mail address of the BMF administrator, see Administering the Bounced Mail Framework .

Resend After Period

The system sends the mail again after a specified period of time. If the attempt to re-send is unsuccessful, the action repeats a specified number of times.

Parameters available:

  • Number of Attempts- enter the maximum number of times resending is to be attempted.
  • Delay- enter the number of hours, minutes, and seconds to wait until the next attempt.

Suspend Address

Mails sent to this address are blocked.
  1. Choose Save.
  2. Optional: To edit an action, select it and choose Edit.
  3. Optional: To delete an action, select it and choose Delete.
  4. Optional: To change the order of actions, select an action and use Move Up and Move Down to change its position in the group.