Mail Options for the Add Person Command

When mail is sent, the sender does not know how it is being delivered. The recipient’s person definition establishes how it is received—as IconMail, email, both IconMail and email, or neither IconMail nor email.

When a new person is created, IconMail is automatically disabled for that person.

This page discusses:

Email Clause

This clause specifies an external electronic mail address. This is an address that is used by the user’s non-3DEXPERIENCE Platform electronic mail utility to connect him/her to other users in the system. Since this address is highly dependent upon the external mail utility, there can be a wide variation in the style and content of the email address. This clause is required if email is enabled (as described below). For more information, see About Administrative Object Names.

The following is an example of an email clause:

add person harrietemail
 comments@harriet.com;

This email address does not affect the internal mail system (IconMail). The internal mail utility uses the person’s defined name, role, or group as the address.

Enable Email (Distribution of Mail) Clause

This clause enables an external electronic mail address for email. The email address specified in the person definition (using the email clause described above) delivers mail outside of 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. This address is used by the system (not the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform mail utility, IconMail) to connect the user to other users in the system.

You can specify that outgoing messages are sent to email or IconMail (for more information, see Enable IconMail Clause) or both.

The following is an example of an enable email clause:

add person harrietemail
 comments@harriet.com;enable email

Since this address is dependent upon the system’s mail utility, there can be a wide variation in the style and content of the email address. This address does not affect the internal mail system (IconMail). IconMail uses the person’s defined name, role, or group as the address.

When a Person is cloned or created with email enabled but no email address has been specified, the following warning is received:

Warning: #1900296: Person 'NAME' has email enabled, but no email address. 
Use of a fully qualified email address is recommended.

The warning is also shown when a person's email setting is enabled during modification. If an existing Person has email enabled with no address specified, no warning is given if only other settings are modified. Warnings are also not given when Person's are created during import.

Disable Email Clause

This clause disables an external electronic mail address for email. The email address specified in the person definition (using the Email clause described above) does not deliver mail outside of 3DSpace.

Enable IconMail Clause

Important: IconMail is a legacy internal communication interface and should no longer be used. It is highly recommended that external mail utility be used and that all users are defined with an email non-3DEXPERIENCE Platform email address.

This clause specifies that outgoing messages are sent to IconMail. You can send messages by using email, IconMail or both.

The following is an example of an Enable Iconmail clause:

add person harriet email comments@harriet.com enable iconmail;

IconMail uses the person’s defined name, role, or group as the address.

Disable IconMail Clause

This clause disables IconMail so that messages are not received via IconMail.