Adding Post Offices

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About this task

The following steps describe how to add a post office.

Note: The following instructions are not applicable to File and VAN post offices. If you are adding a File post office, see "Adding a File Post Office" . For VAN post offices see the "Adding a VAN Post Office" .

To add post offices

Procedure

  1. Select one of the post office types displayed in the navigator.

    The list of post offices for that adapter is displayed.

  2. Click Add.

    The Add Post Office dialog box appears.

  3. Enter the following information:
    1. Name - Name for the post office; for example, X12 Data for Processing. The name displays in the Post Offices list and in the drop-down list boxes when maintaining trade links.
    2. Nickname - A three-character nickname. A valid, unique nickname is automatically generated based on the Name entry. You may use this nickname or assign one of your own. The nickname is used to identify this post office throughout the Trading Manager system.
    3. Adapter Type - Select an adapter type.
    4. Get/Put Indicator - Select the post office type option.
    5. Adapter Command String - Enter an adapter command string; for example:
      -PR MAPI -U mzipper -P srhwec9 -TO pbure -RCPT
  4. Click Save.

    The new post office appears in the Post Offices list.