Atomia Billing Mail Dispatcher configuration

NHibernate (database connection) configuration

In order for Mail Dispatcher to work properly, it has to have access to the AtomiaBilling database. Database access is configured in the hibernate-configuration section of the Atomia Billing Mail Dispatcher configuration file (Atomia.Biling.Core.MailDispatcher.config ). The property the should be updated isconnection.connection_string . Its value should contain a proper connection string for the AtomiaBilling database:

<property name="connection.connection_string">
 Server=localhost\MSSQL;Initial Catalog=AtomiaBilling;Integrated Security=True
</property>

Here is an example of a complete hibernate-configuration section for the Atomia Billing Mail Dispatcher:

<!-- NHibernate configuration -->
<hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">
 <session-factory>
   <property name="connection.provider">
     NHibernate.Connection.DriverConnectionProvider
   </property>
   <property name="dialect">
     NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2005Dialect
   </property>
   <property name="connection.driver_class">
     NHibernate.Driver.SqlClientDriver
   </property>
   <property name="command_timeout">
     180
   </property>
   <property name="connection.connection_string">
     Server=localhost\MSSQL;Initial Catalog=AtomiaBilling;Integrated Security=True
   </property>
   <property name="cache.provider_class">
     NHibernate.Cache.HashtableCacheProvider
   </property>
   <property name="cache.use_second_level_cache">
     true
   </property>
   <property name="proxyfactory.factory_class">
     NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle.ProxyFactoryFactory, NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle
   </property>
 </session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

Application configuration

The configuration for the Atomia Billing Mail Dispatcher is placed into the mailDispatcherConfiguration section of the application configuration. Here is a complete list of configuration properties:

TimerInterval – interval (in seconds) for checking whether there are unsent messages in the queue.
mailPlugin element:
- fullClassName – fully qualified type name of the plug-in used for sending e-mail messages
- host – hostname of the mail server
- port – port number for the SMTP service on the mail server
- username – username for logging into the mail server
- password – password for logging into the mail server
- ssl – value indicating whether to use SSL or not (true or false)
- dispatcherEmailAddress – sender e-mail address
- dispatcherReplyToEmailAddress – reply-to e-mail address for outgoing messages
- bccEmailAddressesList – list of the comma-separated e-mail addresses that receive a blind carbon copy of all outgoing messages
- useResellerDispatcherEmailAddresses – dispatcher email address and dispatcher reply-to email address from reseller configuration in AtomiaBilling database
SMSPlugin element
- fullClassName – fully qualified type name of plug-in used for sending SMS messages.
- url – url of the service used for sending of SMS mesages
- username – username for logging into the SMS service
- password – password for logging into the SMS service
- originatorType – type of the originator (numeric or alpha)
- originator – sender identification

Here is an example of the Atomia.Biling.Core.MailDispatcher.Properties.Settings section for Atomia Billing Mail Dispatcher:

<mailDispatcherConfiguration xmlns="atomia.billing.services.maildispatcher" timerInterval="30">
 <mailPlugin fullClassName="Atomia.Billing.Plugins.MessagingPlugins.Email.MailSenderSmtpPlugin, Atomia.Billing.Plugins.MessagingPlugins.Email"
   host="smtp.foobar.com" port="28" username="foobar"
   password="********" ssl="true"
   dispatcherEmailAddress="[email protected]"
   dispatcherReplyToEmailAddress="[email protected]"
   bccEmailAddressesList="" 
   useResellerDispatcherEmailAddresses="false" />
 <smsPlugin fullClassName="Atomia.Billing.Plugins.MessagingPlugins.Sms.SmsSenderCellsyntPlugin, Atomia.Billing.Plugins.MessagingPlugins.Sms"
   url=" https://sms.services.com/sms.php" username="foobar" password="********"
   originatorType="alpha" originator="FooBar" />
</mailDispatcherConfiguration>

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