Overview
System Requirements
Installing
Upgrading
Getting Support
The User Interface
The Toolbar
Configuration
Address Book Management
Receipt Settings
Process Settings
Server administration
File Storage
File Storage Management
The Rules Engine
Rules Interface
Creating Rules
Removing Rules
Mail Types
Using Templates
Object Naming
Exporting & Importing Rules
Purging
Soft Purging
How to set up Purging
Manual Purging
Reporting
The Statistics Report
Summary File
Action Logs
Further Information
File Types
Automating Contact Manager
How Matching works
Automating Address Book         Management
Glossary
 

Server Administration

The Servers pane is used to administer servers Contact Manager will work with. The servers listed here will contain the directories managed by the software.

Contact Manager can import onto a number of directories at the same time. However, this cannot be done if entries are to be imported from one directory onto another. In this case, every entry would be marked as duplicate on import. Therefore, only add servers that are not related to any of the source address books.

Contact Manager can only work within one domain.

Server List

This displays all servers administered by Contact Manager. Each server is listed with:

  • Friendly name – a user-defined name that is used to reference the server by the software
  • Network name - the network name of the server
  • Type – whether the directory is Active Directory or Exchange 5.5

Servers are added and removed from the list by using the Add and Remove buttons.

Add Server

Click this button to select a server to be administered by Contact Manager. A dialog box will be shown prompting for the network name of the server.

This can be typed manually or browsed to using the ellipsis (..) button. Following this, a dialog box will be shown prompting for a friendly name.

Contact Manager will then attempt to connect to the server.

If successful, the server will be listed in the Server list along with its type. If Contact Manager is unable to connect then a suitable error message will be displayed.

Remove Server

This will remove a server from being administered by Contact Manager. Select a server from the list and click the button.

Before removing a server, the Rules Engine must be updated to remove any reference to the server. Failure to do this could cause processing errors.

Place Purged Entries in

If soft purging is to be used for a server, choose the server from the list and select this option. An Organisational Unit (OU) on the directory can then be chosen that will store the purged entries. This can be done using the ellipsis (…) button.

This option is only available for Active Directory servers.

Manual Purge

This button starts the purging process. It can be used if purging is required without wanting to first process address books. See Manual Purging for more information.