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Job Lists: Queues, Stories, and Commands
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Assigning a Mailbox to a Queue
You must assign a standard mailbox for a server to associated queues in order to set up that
particular server.
To assign a mailbox to a queue:
1. Choose an available mailbox number (1 through 5000). This number should match the
server’s mailbox number. Also you must ensure no other device is using the chosen mailbox
number by using the list c command at the console.
For instance, type:
list mailbox=2001 c
Information similar to the following appears:
DEV DEVICE_TYPE COMPUTER NOTIFY OPTIONS DEVNAME
If you see the device configuration header with no information below it (as shown), then no
device has that mailbox, and you can use that number. However, if configuration information
for a device appears below the header, that device has the same mailbox as the one you
chose. Therefore, choose another mailbox number.
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Multiple queues can share the same mailbox number. To list all queues and directories in the
database with a certain mailbox, use this format of the list d command:
list mail=<mailbox number> d
2. Log in to iNEWS Workstation as a system administrator or use the database manager login.
Keyboard Assigned to the directory that contains your system’s keyboard stories
(usually SYSTEM.KEYBOARDS). It’s assigned to the directory so that any
queues created under it inherit the trait. This mailbox is used by the server
program, known as keyboard checker, which checks your system’s keyboard
description stories for errors.
Keyword Assigned to the queue with your system’s keyword stories (usually
SYSTEM.WIRES.KEYWORDS). This mailbox is used by the server
program, known as the keyword checker, which checks your system’s
keyword stories for errors.
Map Assigned to the queue with your system’s map stories (usually
SYSTEM.MAP). This mailbox is used by the server program, known as the
mapcheck utility, which validates all stories in a designated queue. Errors are
produced for any syntax violations, missing queues (rundown, composite, or
event), and trait omissions. Mapcheck should be run after an upgrade and as
part of error investigation. For more information, see “mapcheck” on
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506.
Mailbox Purpose