Each Preferences Set uploaded to the Mail Room immediately becomes the Current Preferences Set to be applied by the Mail Clerk to e-mails that are subsequently processed for the associated mailbox and Group as required.
A mailbox's Preferences Set History contains every Preferences Set transmitted to the EPA Mail Room to be used by the EPA Mail Clerk to classify and process e-mails addressed to the box. A similar record set is maintained for the Default Preferences Set and for any Group defined in a domain.
The Preferences Set History is simply the compilation of all installed Sets ordered by the installation date and time. The History is displayed in reverse order of Set installation in the View/Copy Records dialogue.
The arrival of the uploaded Preferences Set is logged in the Preferences Set History by appending an entry that looks like:
----- 4/10/2004 13:26:24 Installed new Preferences Set
Following this entry, the entire uploaded set is appended to the mailbox's Preferences Set History. In viewing the History, individual entries are displayed in reverse order of generation with the most-recently-generated first. Hence, the Current Preferences Set is the first entry is displayed,
Each Preferences Set consists of 4 to 12 sections - each section consisting of:
l. One of the following Section Identifiers:
Private Correspondents -------
Public Correspondents --------
Wanted Subjects ----------------
GANew-------------------------------
GADomains ------------------------
GAWanted--------------------------
GANames---------------------------
New-----------------------------------
SADomains ------------------------
SAWanted--------------------------
SANames---------------------------
Options ------------------------------
l Any number (including none) appropriate Preferences entries.
l An empty/'blank" line.
When displayed, this Preferences Set looks like...