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  1. Preface
  2. Informatica Managed File Transfer Welcome Overview
  3. Dashboard
  4. Resources
  5. Workflows
  6. Task Reference
  7. Services Overview
  8. Users
  9. Logs and Reports
  10. Encryption
  11. System
  12. Appendix
  13. Glossary Terms

Basic Tab

Basic Tab

The Basic tab contains the following fields:
Name
A user-defined name which identifies the mail box server. This name should be descriptive enough so users can quickly identify this mail box server when prompted to choose from a list (for example, "Corporate POP3 Server"). The name cannot exceed 50 characters.
Description
A short paragraph that describes the mail box server. The description is optional.
Server Type
Indicates if the mail box server type is
POP-3
or
IMAP
. If this field is left blank, then the default server type of POP-3 will be used.
Host
The host name (for example, pop.example.com) or IP address (for example, 10.1.4.1) of the mail box server.
The mail box host name can typically be found in your email application's account settings. For instance, in Microsoft's Outlook Express, the mail box host name would be found in the "Incoming mail server" setting for your email account.
User
The user name (login name) to use for connecting to the mail box server.
Password
The password to use for connecting to the mail box server. After entering the password, you can optionally click the
Encrypt
button, which will encrypt the password when it is stored in
Managed File Transfer
's database.
If you do not wish to store the password for the mail box server resource, the password can be supplied when executing a Project.
Is Password Encrypted
Indicates whether or not the password is encrypted. You should choose the option of
Yes
if you clicked the
Encrypt
button for the Password.
Connection Type
The connection type to use when communicating with the server.
  • Normal - Email is retrieved with no encryption.
  • SSL - The entire connection and transmission is done via SSL.

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