File System Gateway Properties for File System Mailbox - Extraction Tab

The following shows the Extraction tab of the File System Gateway Properties for File System Mailbox dialog box.

The following table describes the parts of the Extraction tab.

Table 1. Extraction tab parts and functions
Part Function
Extract files from this mailbox Enables the File System Gateway to extract files from the File System Gateway mailbox.
When a message is sent to this mailbox, extract it to this folder Defines the folder to which the File System Gateway adds messages sent to this mailbox.
Browse Enables you to browse through drives, directories, and folders to locate the extraction folder.
Use subfolders to represent e-mail addresses Causes the File System Gateway to write extracted files to a subfolder of the folder specified in the previous box. The subfolder has the same name as the mailbox.
Append all messages to a file Puts all attachments from all messages delivered to this mailbox in one file. Use any of the following special formatting characters in the filename or the extension:
  • %y – Two digit year. Examples: 07 = 2007, 08 = 2008
  • %Y – Four digit year. Examples: 2008, 2007
  • %m – Abbreviated month. Examples: Jan, Feb, Dec.
  • %M – Month as a decimal number. Examples: 01 = Jan, 12 = Dec.
  • %d – Abbreviated weekday. Examples: Mon, Tues.
  • %D – Day of the month as decimal number. Examples: 01, 10, 29.
  • %H – Hour in 24 hour format. Examples: 16 = 4 p.m., 6 = 6 a.m.
  • %N – Minutes. Examples: 10, 45, 55.
  • %S – Seconds. Examples: 10, 45, 55.
  • %K – Mailbox Message ID of extracted data. Examples: 12345, 10000.
  • %E – Audit Event ID. Examples: 10, 5000, 122222.
  • %U/%u – Unique number derived using the current time, process identifier, Message ID, and rand() function. Example: 0-32767 plus any number of trailing digits to make the filename unique.
Put each message in a separate file Puts all attachments to a message in one file, which is named for the message.
Put each attachment in a separate file Puts each attachment in its own file.
Use the original attachment filename If each attachment is put in its own file, this option uses the original file name of the attachment for the file name.

If this option is not selected, the system assigns a generic, incremental name to each attachment.

For example: Att1, Att2, Att3