Parameter

Required/
Optional

Description

Monitored hot folder

Optional

Specifies the monitored folder for added files. If no folder is specified, no folder monitoring occurs. The partner profile can be invoked from the Event Rules. (Can be on a drive or UNC path.)

File include mask

Optional

Used to include files based on their extension for sending to the destination to the partner’s remote AS2 host. For example, include only .txt files. Defaults to asterisk (*) to include all files. Blank also means include all files. Accepts wildcard masks; semicolon or comma delimited.

File exclude mask

Optional

Used to exclude files based on their extension from sending to the destination to the partner’s remote AS2 host. For example, exclude .txt files. Defaults to blank, which means exclude no files. Accepts wildcard masks, semicolon or comma delimited.

Delete source after successful offload (MDN received)

Required

Used to delete sources files after sending them to the destination, after the MDN is received and verified from the remote AS2 host. Selected by default.

Host address

Required

AS2 Outbound host address. Requires protocol prefix in URL (http:// or https://). Specified in AS2 Partner Access wizard.

Port

Required

AS2 Outbound port. Range is 1-65K; defaults to 80 if host address is preceded by http; 443 if host address is preceded by https.

Path

Optional

Relative path to the remote directory, such as, /partnerXYZ, /partners/mailboxes/xyz, or /192.168.20.16/path

Username

Optional

User login name

Password

Optional

Password

Message subject

Optional

AS2 message subject

Content type

Required

AS2 content type. Options include:

• X12 - Format used by many health care, insurance, government, transportation, and finance organizations.

• EDIFACT - Format adopted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as the ISO standard ISO 9735.

• XML - File format used for structured documents.

• EDI Consent - Provides a standard mechanism for "wrapping" the EDI objects but does not specify any details about those objects.

• Binary (default) - e.g., executables, word processing files, database, spreadsheet, and multimedia files

• Plaintext - e.g., text and HTML files

Compress message

Required

When selected, specifies that the AS2 message should be compressed when sent. (Cleared by default.)

Encrypt message

Required

When selected, specifies that outbound AS2 messages should be encrypted. (Selected by default.)

Sign message

Required

When selected, specifies that outbound AS2 messages should be signed. (Selected by default.)

Your certificate

Required

Displays the AS2 certificate public key path to use for signing, copied from the Site. (Can be on a drive or UNC path.)

Partner certificate

Required

Specifies the AS2 certificate to use for encrypting outbound transactions and for validating signed MDN receipts. (Can be on a drive or UNC path.)

Your AS2 identifier

Required

Used to apply a unique AS2-From ID to outbound messages.

Partner AS2 identifier

Required

Used to apply a unique AS2-To ID to outbound messages.

Receipt policy

Required

Used to request an MDN receipt. Options include:

• Don’t request a receipt

• Request a signed receipt (default)

• Request an unsigned receipt

Receipt delivery

Required

Specifies receipt delivery method

• Synchronous (default)

• Asynchronous (see Asynchronous receipt timeout, below)

Parameter

Required/
Optional

Description

Message send attempt timeout (seconds)

Optional

Specifies the timeout after which a message send attempt is considered a failure if no response or error is received from the remote server. Range: 0-600, 60 by default, 0 means no timeout

Message send attempt retries

Optional

Number of times to reattempt to send the message. Range: 0 (no retry) to 999, 10 is the default.

Send attempt delay between retries

Optional

Interval between resend attempts. Range: 0 (no wait) to - 600 seconds; 30 seconds is the default

Asynchronous receipt timeout

Optional

Specifies the timeout after which EFT Server determines whether an asynchronous receipt was received. Range: 0 (no timeout) to 999,999 minutes; 7200 minutes (5 days) is the default.

Transaction FAILED notification e-mail*

Optional

Opens the Edit Mail Template in which you can specify an e-mail notification for failed transaction. (Refer to e-mail Notification Action for details of defining an e-mail notification.)

Transaction SUCCESS notification e-mail*

Optional

Opens the Edit Mail Template in which you can specify an e-mail notification for successful transaction. (Refer to e-mail Notification Action for details of defining an e-mail notification.)

Transaction FAILED run command*

Optional

Opens the Custom Command dialog box in which you can specify a Custom Command to occur upon failed send. (Refer to Creating a Command to create a command and refer to Using an Event Rule to Execute a Command (Run a Process) for details of using a Command.)

Transaction SUCCESS run command*

Optional

Opens the Custom Command dialog box in which you can specify a Custom Command to occur upon successful send. (Refer to Creating a Command to create a command and refer to Using an Event Rule to Execute a Command (Run a Process) for details of using a Command.)