OFTP and Mailboxes

The Odette FTP system provides an interface to the IBM® Sterling B2B Integrator Mailbox system.

About this task

Using the Mailbox system is optional.

The following description of the Mailbox Mode assumes an OFTP communication scenario between OFTP Partner A and B.

Prerequisites:

1. Before using the Mailbox Mode, create Mailbox User A (IBM Sterling B2B Integrator users) for yourself, the Local Partner A, and User B for your Remote Partner B.
2. Create a Partner Mailbox for yourself (Mailbox A).
3. Within Mailbox, create a submailbox with name "Inbox." All messages sent from Partner A will be placed into the Inbox of Mailbox A.
4. Create a Partner Mailbox for your Remote Partner B (Mailbox B). As default behaviour all messages received from Partner B will be placed in the root (/) of Partner Mailbox B. Optionally, you may create submailboxes in the Mailbox B of your Remote Partner. The names of the submailboxes have to be configured in the Remote Physical Partner Profile. If submailboxes are used, inbound messages are placed directly into the submailboxes instead of root "/." This option has advantages if you want to receive messages from different remote partners because the messages are placed into separate submailboxes for each remote partner which allows you to define automated Mailbox Rules for each submailbox, for example, to further automate message routing.
5. Create Mailbox Virtual Roots to associate each Mailbox User with its Mailbox Virtual Root Path, for example, User A is associated with the Mailbox Virtual Root "/A." Same for B.
6. To switch on Mailbox Mode, select a Mailbox User A in the Local OFTP Physical Partner Profile and Mailbox User B in the Remote Physical Partner Profile B.