Lab 1: Setting up Direct Mailer

In this lab, you set up Direct Mailer to use a drop directory. When you use a drop directory, your Direct Mailer jobs can be processed by a Microsoft Exchange Server, which delivers your files asynchronously. Because the link between Direct Mailer and Exchange is asynchronous, the jobs may be delivered at a quicker rate. For more information about configuring Direct Mailer, see Configuring Direct Mailer.

To control the way your Direct Mailer job is run, you must modify the Direct Mailer properties. In this step, you will set up the Direct Mailer delivery location to use a drop directory.

To set up Direct Mailer to use a drop directory

1. Expand Commerce Server Manager, expand Global Resources, right click Direct Mail on <server name>, and then click Properties.
2. 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 <drive letter>:\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server 2002\DML_drop.
   Delivery Method	Type 2 to deliver the direct mail to the drop directory.
   Log Folder Path	Verify the path <drive letter>:\WINNT\System32\LogFiles as your log folder.
   Number of Retries	The number of times a connection to the DirectMailer database is retried if a connection failure occurs. Leave the default value, 10.
   Pipeline Configuration File	The path to the location of the pipeline configuration file, DMLPipe.pcf. Leave the default <drive letter>:\Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server 2002.
   Retry Interval	The number of seconds before a connection to the database is retried. Leave the default value, 30.

3. Click OK.

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