2.1.1 Overview of email reception

Organization of this subsection

(1) Overview of email reception (in Windows)
(2) Overview of email reception (in UNIX)

(1) Overview of email reception (in Windows)

In Windows, email reception monitoring jobs can only receive email via Outlook. Received messages are stored in the Inbox.

Email reception monitoring jobs reference and evaluate unread emails in the Inbox of Outlook until they find emails that meet the conditions defined for the job. For this reason, Outlook must be able to receive email from the mail server even when JP1/AJS3 is not running.

The following figure shows an overview of email reception in Windows:

Figure 2‒1: Overview of email reception (in Windows)

Note that if the Inbox of Outlook contains many unread emails that do not meet the defined conditions, the job might take a long time to determine applicable unread emails. You should therefore use the email system in a way that prevents many unread emails from remaining in the Inbox.

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(2) Overview of email reception (in UNIX)

In UNIX, an email reception monitoring job receives email via sendmail or postfix. For this reason, sendmail or postfix must be able to receive email from the mail server even when JP1/AJS3 is not running. In a Linux environment, JP1/AJS3 can link with sendmail or postfix. In an AIX environment, JP1/AJS3 can link with sendmail. Received messages are stored in an internal email file.

The email reception monitoring job reviews the contents of the internal email file, and compares the messages in the file against the judgment conditions defined in the job.

The following figure shows an overview of email reception in UNIX:

Figure 2‒2: Overview of email reception (in UNIX)

For details on the internal email file, see 2.1.2 Behavior when receiving email.

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