Content System Parameters

The following table describes the Content set of system parameters.Table 1. Content System Parameters

ID

Name

Category

Access Level

Label

Description

Parameter Value

378

CT.ContentCacheExpiryTime

Content

Normal Access

Content cache expiration time

Defines the length of time (in seconds) after which a content cache item expires

10

377

CT.TimeToClearContentCache

Content

Normal Access

Period to clean content cache

Defines the length of time (in seconds) after which the content cache is cleaned and removes stale items

10

379

CT.UseInputFiltering

Content

Normal Access

Use Input Filtering?

Determines whether the filter for the input/output of dangerous content is on ('TRUE') or not ('FALSE')

FALSE

TRUE

229

MS.MaxFetchingThread

Content

Normal Access

Max number of concurrent fetching threads for content

Indicates the upper limit for concurrent fetching in order to prevent crashing the content generator. When using dynamic content, there may be multiple threads fetching at same time.

2

193

SYS.CustomerUIAuditCompanies

Content

Normal Access

Enable customer audit in UI only for specific companies

A list used to restrict the customer audit in the UI to specific companies only. Add the IDs of the companies to be audited.

Each ID must be entered on its own line.

Note: Leaving the parameter space empty results in no company restriction.


192

SYS.CustomerUIAuditDepartments

Content

Normal Access

Enable customer audit in UI only for specific departments

A list used to restrict the customer audit in the UI to specific departments only. Add the IDs of the departments to be audited.

Each ID must be entered on its own line.

Note: Leaving the parameter space empty results in no department restriction.


191

SYS.EnableCustomerUIAudit

Content

Normal Access

Enable customer audit in ui

Determines whether the Customer audit in the UI is enabled ('TRUE') or not ('FALSE').

FALSE

TRUE

121

TR.TrackerDefaultLink

Content

Normal Access

Default link for Tracker when redirecting a click

Indicates a default page that is sent to the end user if the Tracker runs into an issue. Primarily, this is used to redirect a click.

URL for the link of a redirecting click.

135

CM.ExternalReadDetectorSamplingPercent

Content

Advanced Access

Add the external read detector to this percentage of messages

Represents the percentage of messages to which Connect adds to the external read detector for outbound HTML e-mail.
IMPORTANT: Do not set to a value other than '0' if:

  • The 'URL of the external read detector tracker server' system parameter found in the Network | Normal Access list of parameters has not been set

  • The external read detector tracker server is not fully functional

0

131

CM.IncludeEmailDetector

Content

Advanced Access

Include e-mail detector?

Determines whether Connect should add an e-mail detector to MPA messages for customers whose e-mail client is not known ('TRUE') or not ('FALSE').

Note: Connect's e-mail detector detects whether a customer's e-mail client can read an HTML message or not.

FALSE
TRUE

134

CM.ReadDetectorSamplingPercent

Content

Advanced Access

Add the standard (internal) read detector to this percentage of messages

Indicates the percentage of messages that Connect adds the standard (internal) 'read' detector for outbound Html e-mail.

5

421

CT.AllowedDynamicContentFiles

Content

Advanced Access

Permitted file extensions for dynamic content.

List of file extensions that can be uploaded for a campaign's Dynamic Content. Any file extension not mentioned cannot be uploaded.

Each file extension must be entered on its own line.

Note: Specify the extension without the preceding dot (i.e. if html file extension is allowed specify value 'html' and not '.html')

html

htm

376

CT.PrioritizeEmailOpenRate

Content

Advanced Access

Prioritize email open rate vs. message click?

Determines whether the 'email open rate' statistic has a higher priority than the 'message click rate' when selecting a winning message for an automated main message ('TRUE') or not ('FALSE').

FALSE

TRUE

374

CT.SubjectTag

Content

Advanced Access

Tag to indicate dynamic subject line

A list of marks that identify the email subject tags. The tags are listed in the order of:

  • tagLeft

  • tagRight

  • range (the first number of chars Connect searches for the subject).

Each tag value must be entered on its own line.

<subject>

</subject>

300

236

MS.ContentCacheSize

Content

Advanced Access

Content cache size

Indicates the maximum number of message content entries that can be stored in the content cache.

100

233

MS.DisplayTextLength

Content

Advanced Access

Length of display text for a link name

Indicates the length in characters for an HTML link in a message. That is, for an AOL/MPA HTML message, Connect sends special text with links aliased in an HTML tag.

(i.e. <a href=link> original link </a>)

The user will see 'original link'. However, if the link displayed is too long, Connect truncates it so that it will not wrap in some email clients.

60

231

MS.DomainsNotEncodeUrl

Content

Advanced Access

E-mail domains that do not support encoding URL

Indicates specified list of email domains such that when Connect sends email, it does not URLEncode any links. Also, if a subdomain ends with a domain specified in the list, that subdomain will not allow URLEncode.

Each entry must be on its own line.

hotmail.com

247

MS.DomainsNotSupportMPA

Content

Advanced Access

E-mail domains that do not support MPA

A list of e-mail domains that do not support MPA. Also, if a subdomain ends with a domain specified here, that subdomain will not support MPA.

Each entry must be entered on its own line.


243

MS.HtmlHeaderMessage

Content

Advanced Access

Warning message for HTML header

Indicates the actual text of the warning message in the HTML header that will be part of the MPA's HTML message.

If the user's e-mail tool does not support MPA and cannot display HTML, this text appears to them.

Notice: If this text is displayed, your email client cannot display properly the format we've sent you. You may want to consider upgrading to a more recent version of your email client. If you would like to receive only plain text messages, please reply to this message and put "Change to text" in the subject.

215

MS.InvalidContentMsgs

Content

Advanced Access

Keywords for invalid content

A list that specifies potential error messages that Connect will search for on the error page.

Each message must be entered on its own line.

Note: Ensure that you do not send the page that contains these messages to customer in a message.

<list of keywords>

218

MS.MaxSMSLength

Content

Advanced Access

Maximum length of short-text content

Indicates the maximum length in characters of any short-text content.

Note: You can enter a value of '0' if you do not wish to validate the length of short text content in the UI.

160

400

MS.MaxSMSUnicodeLength

Content

Advanced Access

Maximum length for short-text content when using UNICODE (UCS2)

Indicates the maximum length in characters of short-text content when using the UNICODE (UCS2) encoding standard.

Note: You can enter a value of '0' if you do not wish to validate the length of the short text content in the UI.

This is also applicable to SMS messages sent via SMPP.

70

230

MS.MpaHeaderMessage

Content

Advanced Access

Message for MPA header

Indicates the actual text of the MPA header in the MPA message.

Note: If user's e-mail reader cannot view MPA correctly and does not display HTML, this message may appear to the user.

Notice: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader that support MIME multipart messages. Or let us know by replying to this message and putting "Change to text" in the subject of the message.

212

MS.UseBaseHref

Content

Advanced Access

Use base HREF in message content

Determines whether Connect adds a base HREF for HTML ('TRUE') or not ('FALSE').

Note: This may cause 'local link' to not work properly.

FALSE

TRUE

411

OwnerCannotApproveCampaign

Content

Advanced Access

Owner cannot approve his own campaigns

Determines whether the owner of a campaign has permission to approve their own campaigns that they create ('TRUE') or not ('FALSE').

FALSE

TRUE

422

CT.EnvironmentBannerText

Content

Internal Access

Environment text will be displayed on top panel beside security profile.

Indicates the environment banner text parameter. This parameter value is displayed on top the panel, beside the Security Profile section. This is used because Connect may be installed on different environments (e.g.Development, Staging, QA, Production). This text is used to display the environment. This is particularly helpful to allow the Brick Street Support team to see which environment is being used when following up on an issue. This can also be used internally to visually determine which area is being used by the user.


284

CT.URLDecode

Content

Internal Access

Decode HTML content's URLs before saving to the database?

Determines whether URLs being used in HTML content should be decoded prior to being saved in the Connect database ('TRUE') or not ('FALSE').

FALSE
TRUE

283

LA.MaxWaitTimeToBeReady

Content

Internal Access

Seconds to wait for link aliases

Defines the length of time (in seconds) a client will wait for link aliases prior to escalating an alert.

240

282

LA.PeriodToSynchWithDB

Content

Internal Access

Period to synch with DB

Defines the length of time (in seconds) that link aliases should sync with the Connect database.

10

186

LG.UnregisteredLink

Content

Internal Access

Unregistered link

Indicates the name used for unregistered links.

(unregistered)

244

MS.ContentFetchStopTimeSeconds

Content

Internal Access

Content fetch stop time in seconds

Defines the amount of time that will be waited (in seconds) before fetching content (URL plus the instanceId) again when the MS.MaxContentError is reached.

600

240

MS.MaxFetchConnection

Content

Internal Access

MaxFetchConnection

Indicates the upper limit on the number of times that Connect will fetch an SMTP connection again to check its viability if the connection is dead.

100

242

MS.MergeTags

Content

Internal Access

Merge tags sysparam

A list of the marks that identify mail merge tags. They are:

  • tagLeft '<%'

  • tagRight '%>'

  • fieldLeft '['

  • fieldRight ']'

  • paramLeft '('

  • paramRight ')'

  • alterMark '|'

<%

%>

[

]

(

)

|

219

MS.SMSContentType

Content

Internal Access

Content type for SMS/wireless recipients in absence of short-text content

Indicates the content type to send to short-text recipients in the absence of short text content. Specify '1' for Text content and '2' for HTML content. The default content type is '1'.

1

2

126

TR.LinkPrefix

Content

Internal Access

The prefix to be added to each link before redirection

Indicates the prefix added to each link prior to redirection. For example, if the prefix is 'http://www.kana.com/redirect.jsp?url=', a customer clicking for link 'http://www.xyz.com' will be redirected to 'http://www.kana.com/redirect.jsp?url=http://www.xyz.com'.