Loading subscriber information to Message Networking using FTP

This topic provides information on using FTP to load subscriber information to Message Networking. Use this procedure when you want to add subscribers in bulk from a file.

To use FTP to load subscriber information to Message Networking:

1. Create an ASCII file with a text tool, such as Microsoft Notepad.
2. Name the file in the format name.add
3. Using the following format, type subscriber names and information into the file:
   

   remote machine name|extension|name|community ID|namenet type|user ID|domain|language ID
   for example:
   internet|7325551212|Smith,John|1|u|jsmith|company.com|1
   or
   Internet|3035551212|Smith,Jane||||

   Notes:

   • The name, community ID, namenet type, and language ID are optional.
   • The user ID and email domain are optional for non-SMTP subscribers. The user ID defaults to the network address; the email domain defaults to the Message Networking domain.
   • For each optional parameter that you do not use, you must substitute a "|" character, as shown in the examples.
   • The language ID defaults to 1 (US English).
   • The community ID defaults to the default community ID administered for the remote machine.
   • The namenet type defaults to the namenet type administered for the remote machine.
   • The name defaults to a dummy name: 1 xxxx network address.
   • Be sure that there are no blank spaces after the comma or at the beginning or end of each entry. Names are case-sensitive.
   
   
4. Press Enter.
5. Repeat Step 3 for each subscriber currently administered on the new remote machine.

   Note: If the file to be used for bulk subscriber administration exceeds 100,000 subscribers, break down the subscriber information into smaller files. Message Networking cannot process more than 100,000 subscribers at one time.

6. Save the file.
7. Upload the file to the Message Networking system using an FTP tool you are familiar with:
   1. In the tool, enter the IP address of the Message Networking system.
   2. Enter the user ID icftp and the corresponding password for the Message Networking iclog/icftp directory.
   3. Select the subdirectory and move the ftp file to the directory.
8. When the file is uploaded, exit your FTP tool, and complete the procedure to add subscribers in bulk from a file.

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