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Message Networking uses a uniform, single-length dial plan for
its network, from 3 to 10 digits. The remote machines that you add
to the Message Networking system will likely have a different dial
plan that usually uses 4 or 5 digits. In most cases, therefore,
you will have to map the dial plan of the remote machine to the
Message Networking network address length. Use the Dial Plan Mapping
page to map existing mailbox addresses
to unique network addresses. Using dial plan mapping, you map
subscriber IDs on remote machines to network addresses for use by
the Message Networking system. The required length of network addresses
on the system is specified by the Network Address Length field on
the System Parameters page.
Notes:
- Sample dial plans are
provided to assist you in configuring dial plans for remote machines.
- For analog, verify that the Message Networking system is allowed
to make long distance calls. This capability is usually determined
by Message Networking's assigned class of service on your switch.
The area code, which is always required for long distance calls,
might also be required if local calls require 10-digit dialing.
This page contains the following fields.
Remote Machine Name: Select the remote
machine for which you are adding Dial Plan Mapping from the menu.
Mailbox ID Length: This display-only
field indicates the number of digits in a mailbox ID for the selected
remote machine. This number is determined by the Mailbox ID Length
field on the Remote Machine Parameters
page for each remote machine. You will need to add the necessary
digits to the mailbox ID length to equal the number of digits in
a network address required by Message Networking.
Map From Length: This
display-only field indicates the number of digits at the start of
a mailbox ID that will be replaced by the digits in the Map To field.
This number is determined by the number of digits in the Map From
field. This field is populated when you save the first dial plan
mapping for the remote machine.
Mailbox ID Number Range
The Mailbox ID fields specify the range of mailbox IDs that you
want to map to the dial plan mapping. You can enter up to ten mailbox
ID ranges.
Start: Type the first mailbox
ID in the range that you want to map to network addresses.
End: Type the last
mailbox ID in the range that you want to map to network addresses.
Note: If your system has a default SMTP/MIME remote machine
to handle SMTP messages from remote machine that are not administered,
the SMTP/MIME Auto-Assign Mailbox
ID field on the General Parameters page is used to determine
the starting number to use when automatically assigning network
addresses to new subscribers on this remote machine. If this field
reaches the highest network address allowed in the default SMTP
remote machine's dial plan, an alarm is recorded in the Administrator's
Log and the Maintenance Log, and the field becomes unavailable.
If this problem occurs, you must modify
the dial plan for the default SMTP remote machine to increase
the mailbox ID ranges, then enter a new value for the SMTP/MIME
Auto-Assign Mailbox ID field that is within the modified dial plan
range.
Network Address Dial Plan Mapping
The Network Address Dial Plan Mapping fields specify the digits
that replace the matching digits in the mailbox IDs. You can specify
a maximum of 50 dial plan mappings on the page at a time. After
you click Save, 50 additional blank fields display, allowing you
to enter another 50 mappings. You can specify a total of 2,000 dial
plan mappings.
Map From: Type the actual digit
or digits in the mailbox ID that you want to replace. The number
of digits that you enter in the Map From field indicates the number
of digits to replace in the extension. For example, if you enter
a Map From of 45, Message Networking attempts to match the digits
45 at the beginning of the mailbox IDs you entered in the corresponding
Mailbox ID range. If matching extensions are found, the system replaces
the 45 at the beginning of the extension with the numbers entered
in the Map To field for that Network Address Dial Plan Mapping.
You must enter the same number of digits in the Map To field for
every Network Address Dial Plan Mapping for a remote machine, or
you can enter a zero. For example, if you enter 45 in the Map To
field for the first Network Address Dial Plan Mapping, every other
Map To entry for that remote machine must be two digits in length
or 0.
Map To: Type the actual digits
that replace the digits entered in the Map From field in the mailbox
IDs. If the Map From field is blank, the Map To digits are added
to the beginning of mailbox ID to equal the number of digits required.
Since every address must be unique, there might be circumstances
in which the new system's mailbox ID length matches the Message
Networking dial plan, but because the new system is not part of
the same private network, the mailbox IDs might not be unique within
the Message Networking network. This situation is common, which
is why it is recommended that you use a 10-digit Message Networking
dial plan.
The following buttons appear at the bottom of this page:
- Back: Click this button to return to the Remote Machine
Administration page.
- Return to Main: Click this button to return to the Administration
menu.
- Save: Click this button to save the dial plan
mapping.
- Cancel: Click this button to discard the dial
plan mapping changes.
- Help: Click this button to get information about completing
this page.
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