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4.20.2 JP1/IM - Manager's email notification function

JP1/IM - Manager supports JP1/TELstaff and JP1/IM - Manager's jimmail command as methods for sending emails by automated action in the event of a severe failure.

The following table lists the functions of JP1/IM - Manager (jimmail command).

Note that the functions of JP1/TELstaff might change in the future as a result of addition of functions or changes in specifications. For details about the functions of JP1/TELstaff, see the JP1/TELstaff System Configuration and User's Guide.

Table 4‒38: List of functions of JP1/IM - Manager (jimmail command)

Item

JP1/IM - Manager

(jimmail command)

Monitoring using a trigger phone or a signal light

N

Setting multiple mail servers

N

SMTP authentication

No authentication

Y

POP before SMTP authentication

Y

SMTP-AUTH authentication

PLAIN

Y

LOGIN

Y

CRAM-MD5

N

DIGEST-MD5

N

Encryption of SMTP authentication passwords

Y#1

Encryption of communication

STARTTLS

N

SMTPS (SMTP over SSL)

N

Address

Specifying a single address

Y

Specifying multiple addresses

Y

Specifying CC and BCC

N

Specifying a sender's address

Y

Specifying a recipient's address

N

Specifying a group (communication network)

N

Email body

Specifying a subject

Y

Specifying body text

Y

Method for defining the subject and body of emails

CUI

(command)

Attachment of files

N

Inheritance of information

(using IM events and variables for action information)

Y

Using variables#2

N

Sending emails requesting a read receipt

N

Adding severity information

N

Retry transmission in the event of a transmission error

N

Calendar function (weekday/holiday)

N

Schedule function (hourly)

N

Outgoing limits

N

Legend:

Y: Supported

N: Not supported

#1

Encrypted SMTP/POP3 authentication passwords are saved in the email environment definition file.

#2

This function defines variables and their corresponding character strings, and then replaces variable names with the corresponding character strings during email transmission.

For details about JP1/IM - Manager (jimmail command), see jimmail (Windows only) in the manual JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager Command, Definition File and API Reference.

See the following table for limitations to JP1/IM - Manager (jimmail command).

Table 4‒39: Limitations to JP1/IM - Manager (jimmail command)

Item

Limit value

Maximum length of an email address

256 bytes

Maximum length of an email subject

512 bytes

Maximum length of email body text

4,096 bytes

Maximum length of an email text line

512 bytes

Number of emails that can be sent at one time

20

The maximum length of a command line for an automated action is 4,096 bytes. If this maximum length is exceeded, the jimmail command cannot be executed.