Unoverica Message Transport v2.11 Appendix G: User Accounts, Aliases and Lists

Appendix G: User Accounts, Aliases and Lists

G.5 Format of the Export/Import Files

The output file generated by the export command – and the input file used by the import command – has a fairly simple format. Each record in the directory is represented by a set of tab- or comma-delimited fields that match the user account fields in the directory. All of the records follow this format, even if they do not use the fields directly.

Each line in the output file contains whatever data was stored with the associated record in the directory. Although not all of the record types use all of these fields, they are all represented in the output file, allowing for consistent editing in a spreadsheet or the like. Figure G.14 below lists the fields that are exported with the records, and indicates whether or not data is placed into those fields during the export process.

Record Type	User	Alias	Recipient
Indicator	yes	yes	yes
Mail Name	yes	yes	yes
Login Name	yes	no	no
Org Name	yes	yes	no
Ext Name	yes	yes	no
OS Name	yes	no	no
Description	yes	yes	no
Field 1 - 8	yes	yes	no
Password	yes	no	no
Mailbox	yes	no	no
Active	yes	yes	yes
Listed	yes	yes	yes

Figure G.14: Exported fields from the different record types.

The first column indicates the type of record in use. Figure G.15 below lists the record indicators and their corresponding record type.

Indicator	Record Type
U	user account
L	alias account
A	alias recipient

Figure G.15: Record indicator and type.

All record types use the Mail Name field for their destination recipient. Only user account records have fields that indicate the location of the mailbox, or the POP3 authentication data, as aliases and alias recipients do not have mailboxes.