CONFIGURING


Customizing the text of mail failure messages
You can customize the text of messages that IBM® Domino® sends when various mail failures occur. The text you specify is added to the default text for the message. Customize messages to provide text in multiple languages or supply users with additional information about how to respond to a failure. For example, add text that provides the phone number to call in case a mail message does not reach your server.

About this task

You can enter customized text directly on the Configuration Settings document or create text files for each customized message and then use the Configuration Settings document to specify the location of each file.

Procedure

1. Make sure you already have a Configuration Settings document for the server(s) to be configured.

2. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.

3. Click Configurations.

4. Select the Configuration Settings document for the mail server or servers you want to administer, and click Edit Configuration.

5. Click the Router/SMTP -> Advanced -> Controls tab.

6. In the Failure Messages section, choose a method for specifying the customized text for failure messages:


7. Complete these fields, and then click Save & Close:
8. The change takes effect after the next Router configuration update. To put the new setting into effect immediately, reload the routing configuration.

Related concepts
Customizing message transfer
Customizing Notes routing
Generating delay notifications for deferred low-priority mail
Notifying users who exceed a mail file quota or warning threshold

Related tasks
Creating a Configuration Settings document
Recalculating the server's routing table
Setting advanced transfer and delivery controls
Setting transfer limits
Restricting mail routing based on message size
Restricting who can send Internet mail to your users
Setting the message time-out value