Defining An Accountant; Understanding The Accounting File - Novell GROUPWISE 7 GATEWAY - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation And Administration Manual

Defining an Accountant

Understanding the Accounting File

The accounting file (acct) is an ASCII-delimited text file that records the source, priority, message
type, destination, and other information about each message sent through the gateway. The file,
which is updated daily at midnight is located in the
Accountant is defined to receive the file, the file is deleted each day.
A sample line from an accounting file is shown below:
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GroupWise 7 Gateway for Lotus Notes Installation and Administration Guide
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On the Notes Gateway object, click GroupWise > Gateway Administrators to display the
Gateway Administrators page.
The Gateway Administrators page lets you select a GroupWise user to be the Accountant for
the Notes Gateway. Each night at midnight, the gateway mails the accounting file (acct) to the
Accountant.
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Click Add to open the Select GroupWise Object dialog box, then select a user to function as
the Accountant for the Notes Gateway.
You can also select multiple users and/or distribution lists in the Select GroupWise Object
dialog box.
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Click OK to return to the Gateway Administrators page.
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In the Administrators list, select the user or distribution list that you want to function as the
Accountant.
In the Administrators list, you can also select multiple users and distribution lists as needed.
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In the Administrator Role box, select Accountant.
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Click OK to save the changes.
ConsoleOne passes the accounting information to the Notes Gateway so that the Accountant
begins receiving daily accounting files.
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Continue with "Understanding the Accounting File" on page 61.
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