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Server Administrator's Guide
Performing administration activities : Testing the BP Server and the BP Server Mail Listener
 

Testing the BP Server and the BP Server Mail Listener

When a human activity workstep is configured as "Send mail and complete its reply" then BP Server sends an e-mail to the user(s) when that workstep is activated. When the user replies, then the BP Server Mail Listerner reads that e-mail and on behalf of user completes the task.
Depending on your individual setup, the Incoming Mail Server and the Outgoing Mail Server may reside on the same computer, or may reside on different computers. The configuration settings for these servers are contained in oebpsemail.properties file in OEBPS_HOME\conf\ folder.
To enable BP Server mail listener, you have to set the bpserver.email.reader.start=True in BP Server.conf file in OEBPS_HOME\conf\ folder. The default value for this parameter is true.
Important: You have set this parameter before starting the BP Server.
Even if bpserver.email.reader.start parameter is set as False in bpserver.conf file, then you can start the BP Server E-mail Listerner using "StartEmailListerner" command in BP Server admin utility. In the same way, irrespective of the bpserver.email.reader.start parameter value, you can stop the BP Server E-mail Listerner using "StopEmailListerner" command in BP Server admin utility.
To check if the BP Server server is running without starting a Business Process Server session perform the following:
1. Navigate to the OEBPS_HOME\bin directory and open startBP ServerAdmin.sh/cmd.
2. Run getServerState command in console to return server state.