The process of implementing the e-Mail adapter includes a variety of
tasks. Here is an overview of the tasks that you must complete before
using the e-Mail adapter to send and receive business objects:
- Determine the format of the data that will be sent and received in e-mail
attachments.
- When you understand the data formats, you can determine what data handlers
the adapter will need to convert business objects to e-mail messages and
messages to business objects. For information on data handlers, see "How the e-Mail adapter and data handlers work".
- If the adapter must handle business object requests, create the business
object definitions that the e-Mail adapter will use. For information,
see Developing business objects for the adapter.
- Configure the e-Mail adapter with the other components of the integration
broker to send or receive the desired business objects via e-mail.
- If your integration broker is InterChange Server, you may need to modify
the data handler top-level meta-object. For adapters, the default
top-level meta-object is named MO_DataHandler_Default. To modify this
meta-object, use Business Object Designer. For information on data
handler meta-objects, see Data handler meta-objects.
- If polling must be implemented, determine what mail servers the adapter
will connect with, and create the mailboxes for the poll locations. For
information, see Configuring mail servers for polling.
- For polling, configure the e-Mail adapter meta-object. This
meta-object defines the poll locations for the e-Mail adapter. For more
information, see Using e-Mail adapter meta-objects.
- Configure the adapter by setting adapter configuration properties.
For example, specify the name of the top-level data handler meta-object in the
e-Mail adapter configuration attribute DataHandlerConfigMO. For
information on adapter configuration properties, see Configuring the adapter definition.
