MTA option naming in Unified Configuration

In the Unified Configuration, MTA configuration including MTA options (meaning here MTA-as-a-whole options, as opposed to channel-specific  options) are set in the   Messaging Server  unified configuration file where they are XML elements. However, under normal circumstances, the Messaging Server unified configuration file    is not---indeed should not be--- inspected or  editted manually by the MTA administrator. Instead, normally the MTA&#x27;s   utility is used to examine the MTA configuration  and make configuration changes.

The  utility presents a command line interface for  viewing and editting MTA settings corresponding to the underlying XML  constructs from  ; it is the recommended  interface for examining the MTA configuration and making MTA  configuration changes. The  utility represents MTA  options in the general form: instance-or-role.mta.option-name That is, in the  representation, MTA options are  either of the form: instance.mta.option-name or role.mta.option-name However, the  and   prefixes are  usually omitted, since the   utility is  typically used in modes in which the appropriate instance or role is  determined automatically by the utility, with the instance or role  scope then set appropriately automatically by the utility. That is, usual usage in   is to refer simply to: mta.option-name Furthermore the  prefix is often unnecessary. If the MTA option name is unambiguous (does not collide with any option name  for any other component of Messaging Server), then the MTA scope  (  prefix) will also be automatically supplied by the    utility, so that often simply referring to: option-name will suffice. However, especially in any scripting that may be reused later, it may be best to include the   prefix to avoid  the potential for future option additions to result in a name ambiguity.

Thus in typical use, MTA options (under the appropriate instance or role) would typically be shown, set, or unset using the    commands, respectively, msconfig&#x3e; show mta.option-name msconfig&#x3e; set mta.option-name msconfig&#x3e; unset mta.option-name The  utility will translate between this simple    representation and the (more  complex form of the) underlying XML elements stored in.

See the  utility for more details.