DeliveryChannels Element (ICF)

Contains elements that define one or more delivery channels that are used by all applications hosted by the instance.

Syntax

<NotificationServicesInstance>
    ...
    <DeliveryChannels>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type	None.
Default value	None.
Occurrence	Required once per NotificationServicesInstance element.
Updates	Cannot be deleted when updating the application.

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	NotificationServicesInstance Element (ICF)
Child elements	DeliveryChannel Element (ICF)

Remarks

A delivery channel represents a specific delivery endpoint, such as an SMTP server. Each delivery channel is based on a delivery protocol, either standard or custom, and defines an instance of the use of a delivery protocol to deliver notifications.

Delivery channels are associated with subscriptions via a subscriber device. For example, when a subscriber selects to receive notifications on a cell phone, the cell phone subscriber device has an associated delivery channel that is configured to use the short message service (SMS) delivery protocol.

You must have at least one delivery channel for each delivery protocol used to deliver notifications. This includes the standard SMTP and File delivery protocols and any custom protocols defined in the Protocols element.

Example

The following example shows how to configure a single e-mail delivery channel for the instance of Notification Services.

<DeliveryChannels>
    <DeliveryChannel>
        <DeliveryChannelName>EmailChannel</DeliveryChannelName>
        <ProtocolName>SMTP</ProtocolName>
    </DeliveryChannel>
</DeliveryChannels>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Concepts

Instance Configuration File Reference

Help and Information

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