TRANSFER Administration Guide Volume 1 Reference Manual

CORRESPONDENT ATTRIBUTES Screen

Listing, Adding, and Deleting Correspondents

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CORRESPONDENT

ATTRIBUTES Screen

You get the CORRESPONDENT ATTRIBUTES screen by pressing F7 at the

CORRESPONDENTS screen. Only system administrators can use this screen to

add the correspondent's name to the TRANSFER name directory, establish a depot for

the correspondent, and make the correspondent eligible to send and receive messages.

ADMIN Correspondent Attributes

Correspondent:

Model Depot:

Initial Password:

Member of PUBLIC Group (Y/N): Y

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Screen-Specific Fields Input and display fields specific to the Correspondent Attributes screen are

Correspondent, Model Depot, Initial Password, and Member of PUBLIC Group (Y/N).

These fields are defined in the following paragraphs.

Correspondent

This is an input field for the name of a new correspondent to be registered in

TRANSFER. The name must be unique among correspondent and interest group

names on this node and cannot duplicate any distribution lists owned by the PUBLIC

group. If you entered a name on the CORRESPONDENTS screen, this field displays

that name initially. See Section 2, “Getting Started with ADMIN,” for a discussion of

TRANSFER correspondent naming rules.

Model Depot

This is an input field for the name of a depot whose profile attributes the system will

copy in setting up a depot for the new correspondent.

If this field is left blank, the system uses the default model depot, created when

TRANSFER is initialized.

The depot you establish for the new correspondent contains at least two profiles: a

TRANSFER correspondent profile and a mail profile. The new depot has three special

folders: the INBOX, the OUTLOG, and the WASTEBASKET. If you specify a model

depot, all folder attributes and all profiles in that depot, including agent profiles and