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Dial Plan Mapping

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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