Setting font and message options for languages

A single Domino® SMTP server can handle inbound and outbound messages in any language group or character set, including double-byte character sets. For each character set group, for example, Simplified Chinese, Domino® provides default settings that control how servers convert messages in that character set group from Notes® rich-text format to MIME and vice-versa. You can change the default settings to customize conversions for specific languages.

About this task

Inbound settings specify font options that control how the text of a MIME message using a given character set tag displays in Notes®. Outbound settings determine the character set tag and encoding to apply when converting Notes® rich-text messages to MIME.

Procedure

  1. Make sure you already have a Configuration Settings document for the server(s) to be configured.
  2. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
  3. Click Configurations.
  4. Select the Configuration Settings document for the mail server or servers you want to administer, and click Edit Configuration.
  5. Click the Basics tab. If it is not already selected, select the field International MIME Settings for this document.
  6. Click the MIME > Settings by Character Set Groups tab.
  7. Complete the following fields and then click Save & Close:
    Table 1. Character set groups fields
    Field Enter
    For outbound message options below use all possible choices (Advanced users) When unchecked (default), Domino's Outbound Message Options are set to use the standard character set and encoding method for the language group specified in the field MIME settings by character set group. The options in the Character Set field are limited to the standard character sets for the language group.

    Check this box to enable use of nonstandard character set choices in the header and body of messages in any language group.

    MIME settings by character set group Click the drop-down list to choose the language group to configure. You can accept the default settings or configure specific settings for one or more language groups.

    The language group displayed at the time you save and close the document is not the only one for which Domino® saves settings. After you save the Configuration Settings document, Domino® retains the settings for each language group that you modified.

    These fields allow you to override default values for character sets, fonts, and so on, for individual character set groups.

    Note: If no Server Configuration document exists, Domino® uses the default typeface and point size settings. The default typeface used for HTML text is Default Sans Serif, and the point size is determined by the sender of the message. The default typeface for Plain Text (US-ASCII) is Default Monospace with point size of 10.

Setting character set options for inbound messages

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
  2. Click Configurations.
  3. Select the Configuration Settings document for the mail server or servers you want to administer, and click Edit Configuration.
  4. Click the MIME > Settings by Character Set Groups tab.
  5. In the Inbound Message Options > Font Options section, complete the following fields, and then click Save & Close:
    Table 2. Inbound message font options

    Field

    Enter

    HTML Proportional

    The typeface style to be used for proportional type in inbound SMTP messages.

    (default = Default Serif)

    HTML Mono-spaced

    The typeface to be used for monospaced type in inbound SMTP messages.

    (default = Default Monospace)

    HTML Size

    The point size to use for HTML text in inbound SMTP messages.

    (setting = 12)

    Note: This value is always set to 12 regardless of the value you specify.

    Plain text

    The typeface to be used for plain text in inbound SMTP messages.

    (default = Default Monospace)

    Plain text size

    The point size to use for plain text in inbound SMTP messages.

    (default = 10)
    Note: The font list displays every font available to the client system. However, when converting messages, Domino® uses the Default fonts (Default Serif, Default Sans Serif, Default Monospace, and Default Multilingual) only. If you select a font other than one of the four Default fonts, Domino® converts the text in all incoming messages to Default Monospace.
  6. The change takes effect after the next Router configuration update. To put the new setting into effect immediately, reload the routing configuration.

Setting character set options for outbound messages

About this task

You can specify the character set and encoding type for the header and body text of outbound messages. The settings you select do not affect attachments. For each language (or region) there is a default character set. For example, for Western Europe the default character set is ISO-8859-1, but other Latin character sets can also be used. You can indicate the specific character set and encoding to be used for outbound SMTP message headers and body content. In general, use the same character set for both the headers and the body of outbound messages. However, because some characters set groups, such as Korean, typically use different character sets for the headers and body, by default, for these languages, the character set specified for header text differs from the character set for body text.

Procedure

  1. From the Domino® Administrator, click the Configuration tab and expand the Messaging section.
  2. Click Configurations.
  3. Select the Configuration Settings document for the mail server or servers you want to administer, and click Edit Configuration.
  4. Click the Basics tab. If it is not already selected, select the field International MIME Settings for this document.
  5. Click the MIME > Settings by Character Set Groups tab.
  6. In the Outbound Message Options section, complete the following fields, and then click Save & Close:
    Table 3. Outbound message option fields

    Field

    Choose

    Header - Character Set

    The character set Domino® uses to display message headers. The default entry depends on the character set language group currently selected in the field MIME settings by character set group. In most cases, the default entry is the best choice for representing header text for this language group.

    Body - Character Set

    The character set used to display message body. The default entry depends on the character set language group currently selected in the field MIME settings by character set group. In most cases, the default entry is the best choice for representing body text for this language group.

    Header - Encoding

    The encoding method for outbound headers. The default entry depends on the character set language group currently selected in the field MIME settings by character set group. In most cases, the default entry is the best choice for encoding header text for this language group.

    Choose one:

    • Base64
    • Quoted Printable
    • None

    Body - Encoding

    The encoding method for outbound body text. The default entry depends on the character set language group currently selected in the field MIME settings by character set group. In most cases, the default entry is best choice for encoding body text for this language group.

    Choose one:

    • Base64
    • Quoted Printable
    • None
  7. The change takes effect after the next Router configuration update. To put the new setting into effect immediately, reload the routing configuration.