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Search results: Global Mailbox

Global Mailbox - Need A Global Scheduler

Currently when pulls are done in Global Mailbox, they are initiated from one DC within the environment. If that DC goes down, all scheduled pulls need to be manually turned on in the other DC before they can resume. Need a global scheduler so no m...
1 day ago in Global Mailbox Submitted

Global Mailbox - File Replay From Both DCs

Replay Files: During normal operations, files often need to be replayed or redelivered for business need. In a Global Mailbox setup: Files arriving in a data center (e.g., DC1) are processed locally. They are then replicated to other data cent...
1 day ago in Global Mailbox Submitted

Add Sort Capabilities to Global Mailbox/User/Event Explorer

Currently Global Mailbox Explorer only allows a basic search bar when reviewing messages. Please add Sort (Ascending/Descending) capabilities to the columns within Mailbox Explorer. Anyone that moves a large amount of files in Global Mailbox would...
2 days ago in Global Mailbox Submitted

Clean up sub-directories in purge process

Global Mailbox purge only removes files from the storage bucket. This means that over time the filesystem is left with a very large number of empty sub-directories which slows down processing and extends backup times due to the need to backup thou...
2 months ago in Global Mailbox Submitted

Feature Parity: Implement File Extension Restrictions for Global Mailbox (MYSFG & SFTP)

Currently, the robust file extension filtering mechanism available for traditional Sterling File Gateway (SFG) mailboxes via the disallowExtensionsToUpload property in mailbox.properties does not work for Global Mailboxes across all protocols Ex...
8 months ago in Global Mailbox Future consideration

Adding additional objects synchronization between data centers to perform access to Global Mailboxes

Please, consider adding additional objects synchronization between data centers to perform access to Global Mailboxes. The reason is because various objects are needed to allow access to the customers to the mailboxes. For example, and depending...
over 1 year ago in Global Mailbox Under review