Creating Domains

Prior to sending messages, you must add the domains to which you will be sending messages.

Creating a New Domain

To create a new domain:

Navigate to the Company Admin screen.
Click on the Deliverability sub-menu in the menu bar on the left, followed by the Domains menu option. The Domains screen appears.
From the Commands dropdown, select New Domain.

The Enter Domain Information screen appears.
Enter the domain information:
- Domain: The name of the domain
- Display in Campaign Reports: Checkbox that indicates whether the domain statistics will appear in campaign-based reports
- Use For Reports: Checkbox that indicates whether the domain will be included in domain information reports
Enter the numerical information for the domain:
Note: The default value for the numeric fields is (-1) which indicates that the value is taken from configured system parameters. For more information on system parameters, please see Managing System Parameters.

Note: Enter a value of '0' to indicate an unlimited number for the Disable Failures and Max Messages per Hour fields
- Maximum Connections: The maximum number of connections the domain can manage at one time
- Maximum Messages per Connection: The maximum number of messages that are able to pass through a connection to the domain at one time
- Disable Minutes: The number of minutes the domain will be disabled for following a message failure
- Disable Max Minutes: The maximum number of minutes the domain will be disabled following message failures
- Disable Failures: The number of tolerated consecutive failures prior to it being temporarily disabled. Set the value to '0' to not disable the domain.
- Warning Max Failures: The number of tolerated consecutive failures for a domain prior to notifying the Administrator about potentially blocking the domain
  Note: This does not include temporary connection failures
- Max Messages Per Hour: The maximum number of messages that can be sent to the domain per hour
To cancel without saving the domain, click the Cancel button. The Domain screen displays. The domain is not saved and does not appear in the list of domains.
Click Save. The Domains screen appears with the newly created domain saved and added to the list.