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Administration & Configuration

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Multiple SMTP listeners for Connect Direct File Agent needed

Please add an enhancement to File Agent so that multiple SMTP listener addresses can be added. Currently only one can be entered even though the space for the entry looks like it would accept more. This is also needed if the File Agent is monitore...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Delivered

Request to remove the limit of 17 characters for the User ID at the adjacent node on C:D HP NonStop System

We are faced with a situation where for reasons beyond our control, we must use the domain name with the user (example: fa_45lmo99@hello_it_sourcompany.production.com).As part of a large-scale project with dozens of C:D interfaces running on HPNS,...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered

Added support of Windows 2019 for SterlingConnectDirectFTPPlus-Window

Currently, The SterlingConnectDirectFTPPlus-Window is supported until Windows 2012 Server. There is a plan to introduce support for Windows 2019 early next year, and I would like to request support as soon as possible.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 5 Delivered

Connect Direct defaults to a 002 umask on unix platforms

Files delivered to unix systems are given rw-rw-r-- pemissions as CD is not recognising the system umask of 027 and is defaulting to 002.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Delivered