HowTos/Public Folders

Managing eMail Addresses for Public Folder

To assign an eMail address to a public folder, use the following steps: First, you need to find out the name of your primary mailnode. At the shell prompt, type the following command to find out your system'ss default mailnode:

omshowmn

If multiple mailnodes are listed, the one marked with the double star ("**") is the primary. The mailnode is displayed in "positional format", i.e. it's components are separated by comma (","). There can be up to four components. These are named OU1-OU4, from left to right. Using this naming, the mailnode can also be rewritten in "tagged attribute" format. For example, if your mailnode is scalix,demo, it can also be written as OU1=scalix/OU2=demo; if it's only mynode, it is rewritten OU1=mynode and if it is scalix,hq,sales, it can be rewritten OU1=scalix/OU2=hq/OU3=sales. You will need to specify the mailnode in tagged attribute format in the next command. To add the address to the folder, use the following command syntax:

omaddent -e "G=USER/S=+BB/<mailnode>/DDT1=BB/DDV1=<Folder>/IA=<smtp address>/CN=<Display>

In this command line, <mailnode> represents your primary mailnode, <Folder> represents the Name of your public folder, <smtp address> is the Internet address you want to use and CN is the name of the address entry as it will appear in your address book. For example, use

omaddent -e "G=USER/S=+BB/OU1=scalix/OU2=demo/DDT1=BB/DDV1=Orders/IA=orders@scalix.com/CN=Orders Basket"

to add the Internet address orders@scalix.com to a Top-level public folder called Orders. You will also see an entry in your Outlook and SWA address books, so that internal users can also send email to the folder.