Configuring MessageMaster Server

IMPORTANT: In addition to the Registry Entries and Console Settings described below, it is essential to set up a SQL Maintenance Plan for your MessageMaster database. Please refer to KB00026 for instructions.

Registry Entries for MessageMaster Server

The MessageMaster server has a number of configuration parameters that are stored in the registry of all MessageMaster server computers. These registry settings control the operation of the MessageMaster server and are set to default values by the installation program.

The registry entry locations given in the tables are relative to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Objective Software

Location Name Type Description
Connection Strings\message-master ConnectString REG_SZ The database connection string for the MessageMaster SQL Server database.
Connection Strings\message-master UserName REG_SZ The database user for the MessageMaster SQL Server database.
Connection Strings\message-master Password REG_SZ The database password for the MessageMaster SQL Server database.
MessageMaster Router Message Directory REG_SZ The location of the directory where incoming MessageMaster message files are placed. The MessageMaster router reads new files from this directory. This directory must coincide with the location of the share to which MessageMaster client installations write their message files.
MessageMaster MaxPerMinute REG_DWORD The maximum number of messages the MessageMaster router will process in a given minute. This is designed to prevent a malfunctioning client from overwhelming the system. If you set it to 0, there will be no limit on the number of messages processed in a single minute.
Default value: 500
MessageMaster GiveupSeconds REG_DWORD This is the maximum number of seconds that a message, which fails to be routed by MessageMaster, will be retried.
Default value: 14400 (4 hours)
MessageMaster RetrySeconds REG_DWORD This time interval acts as a rate limiter on the message routing retry mechanism. If less than RetrySeconds has passed since the message was retried failed message processing is skipped on that cycle.
Default value: 90
MessageMaster\E-Mail Carrier Sender REG_SZ The is the e-mail address that e-mailed MessageMaster messages will appear to come from. It does not have to be a real address. If your SMTP server is not set up to relay, this e-mail address has to have the DNS domain name of the mail server.
MessageMaster\E-Mail Carrier UserName REG_SZ If your SMTP server requires authentication, create this key, and set it to the SMTP username. By default this key does not exist, and no authentication information is sent to the SMTP server.
MessageMaster\E-Mail Carrier Password REG_SZ If your SMTP server requires authentication, create this key, and set it to the SMTP password. By default this key does not exist, and no authentication information is sent to the SMTP server.
MessageMaster\E-Mail Carrier Domain REG_SZ If your SMTP server requires authentication, you can optionally create this key, and set it to the name of your domain. By default this key does not exist. It must be used together with the UserName and Password keys detailed above. If present, the domain name will be used as the login domain for NTLM authentication, which is used by Microsoft Exchange servers.

If you make any changes to the registry entries, you'll need to restart the 'ObjSoft MessageMaster Router' and 'ObjSoft MessageMaster Delivery' services before they take effect.

Console Settings for MessageMaster Server

The MessageMaster Console is used to configure MessageMaster Server settings. You access the console by pointing your browser to http://MessageMasterServer/MessageMaster. Click on Management in the menu to get to the main configuration page.

Using the MessageMaster Console's Management page you can:

See also: MessageMaster Management Online Help page for a detailed description of the MessageMaster management.

See also: Console Online Help for detailed documentation of complete console functionality.