How to Modify Direct Mailer Properties
Before you run Direct Mailer, you may want to review and modify the properties so that you can control the way your jobs run. The Direct Mailer properties operate at the global resource level. Do not configure the Direct Mailer global resource to use SQL Authentication.
To modify Direct Mailer properties
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 , and then click Commerce Server Manager.
In Commerce Server Manager, in the left pane, expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, right-click Direct Mail on <server name>, and then select Properties.
In the DirectMail on <server name> Properties dialog box, on the Properties tab, do the following:
Use this (Properties)
To do this (Selected Property Value)
Delivery Locations
Type the delivery location.
There must be at least one entry specified. You can use a drop directory, or an SMTP server address.
If you use a drop directory, an Exchange server processes your jobs. This delivers the files asynchronously. Because the link between Direct Mailer and Exchange is asynchronous, the jobs may be delivered at a quicker rate.
If you use an SMTP server, which is included with Windows Server 2003 (or other version of Windows Server), the Direct Mail jobs are delivered synchronously.
Delivery Method
Type the value that determines how the mailings are to be delivered:
1 - SMTP Server
2 - Locally to a drop directory
Log Folder Path
Type the location of the Direct Mailer operational log file.
Maximum Error Percentage
Type the maximum percentage of non-fatal errors per job.
Maximum Thread Count
Type the maximum number of threads per job.
Messages Per Hour
Type the number of messages per hour that this server can produce.
If set to zero (0), Direct Mailer processes messages at the fastest possible rate.
Number of Retries
Type the number of times a connection to the DirectMailer database is retried when a connection failure occurs. This property sets the number of retries used for delivery locations.
As soon as the number of retries has been exhausted, the active job is ended.
Performance Update Interval
Type the performance update interval in seconds.
Pipeline Configuration File
Type the location of the pipeline configuration file, DMLPipe.pcf.
Proxy Bypass
Type the local computers where a proxy check is not required, or a value that represents all local computers.
Proxy Server
Type the name of the proxy server to use.
Retry Interval
Type the number of seconds before a connection to the database is retried.
The Log Directory, Messages Per Hour, Proxy Bypass, Proxy Server, and Connection String properties are based on a per service instance. This means that any changes that you made to the values for these properties require Direct Mailer to be restarted. The remaining Direct Mailer properties are based on a per job instance and do not require Direct Mailer to be restarted.