40.8 Processing
40.8.1 Overview ¶
In the Processing area you set the behavior of the processing engine: pauses between emails, the date used, malfunction detection, properties of the generated HTML and PDF files as well as activation of the external processor mode.
Program options, Processing area: parallelism switches, retry logic on errors and cancel behavior
40.8.2 Pause Between Emails ¶
| Field |
Description |
| Pause (seconds) |
Waiting time between processing two emails, 0-3600 |
Use case: With slow receiving systems (email send server with rate limit, printer with slow spool), a short pause prevents overload. The default is usually 0 (no pause).
40.8.3 File Date ¶
| Choice |
Description |
| Current date |
Saved files receive the time of processing as creation/modification date |
| Email date |
Saved files receive the receipt date of the email as the file date |
Use case: When archiving incoming invoices, Email date makes sense, because sorting in the archive folder then follows the chronological order of receipt.
40.8.4 Malfunction Notification ¶
With the malfunction notification, the program detects when processing has been inactive for a longer time (e.g. because the email server is not reachable or the engine hangs) and sends a notification.
| Field |
Description |
| Notify on malfunction |
Enables malfunction detection |
| After minutes without activity |
Threshold (default: 60 minutes, range 5-1440) |
| Recipient |
Email address(es) for the malfunction notification |
Note: The malfunction notification is sent via the default sending account configured under Program options - Notifications.
40.8.5 HTML Storage ¶
| Option |
Description |
| Embed images in HTML |
Embedded images are written directly into the HTML file as Base64 data (without external file) |
Use case: If you want to send or archive HTML emails and need to make sure all images appear when opening - even without an internet connection.
40.8.6 PDF Font ¶
| Option |
Description |
| Use Arial font for PDF |
Forces Arial as the default font in generated PDF files |
Note: Without this option, the PDF generator tries to use the original fonts of the email. If those are not installed on the PC, substitute fonts are chosen - the appearance may then differ from the original.
40.8.7 Printing ¶
| Option |
Description |
| Show subject in print queue |
In the Windows print queue dialog, the email subject appears as the job name |
Use case: With multiple print jobs, the subject is more helpful than the generic job name - especially with printers handling jobs from multiple users or profiles.
40.8.8 Error Logging ¶
| Option |
Description |
| Log errors |
Writes errors to the error log (see Chapter 80.2) |
| Show problems |
Shows hints about problems in the UI (dialogs, toast notifications) |
Tip: In service mode without UI login, Show problems has no effect - but error logging should always remain active, so that a diagnosis is possible afterwards.
40.8.9 External Processor ¶
| Option |
Description |
| Use external processor |
Starts the processing engine in a separate process (service-like) |
Use case: On a server, the engine should run independently of the UI process, so that UI crashes do not impair processing. The external processor is the prerequisite for service mode.
Further information: (see Chapter 60.3).