Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace SMTP E-Mail Gateway Manuale Di Manutenzione
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Cisco MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway System Manager’s Guide
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MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway Concepts and
Functions
Functions
To understand MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway functionality, it is helpful to understand its role in the
entire MeetingPlace conference system. This chapter provides an overview of both MeetingPlace and
MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway.
entire MeetingPlace conference system. This chapter provides an overview of both MeetingPlace and
MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway.
MeetingPlace Concepts
MeetingPlace uses your organization’s existing telephony and/or IP-based infrastructure to provide
voice conferencing over standard PSTN and IP phones. MeetingPlace can also be integrated with your
organization’s standard e-business applications, such as e-mail, fax, Microsoft Outlook, and Lotus Notes
and wireless handheld devices. To facilitate integration with these resources, system options are installed
on a Windows-based server that communicates with MeetingPlace over your network.
voice conferencing over standard PSTN and IP phones. MeetingPlace can also be integrated with your
organization’s standard e-business applications, such as e-mail, fax, Microsoft Outlook, and Lotus Notes
and wireless handheld devices. To facilitate integration with these resources, system options are installed
on a Windows-based server that communicates with MeetingPlace over your network.
MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway works in conjunction with MeetingPlace and your e-mail system.
MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway runs as a Microsoft Windows service on a customer-provided Windows
NT or Windows 2000 server.
MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway runs as a Microsoft Windows service on a customer-provided Windows
NT or Windows 2000 server.
The Meeting Process
The MeetingPlace system does more than just bridge callers together at the time of a meeting.
MeetingPlace provides a number of meeting-related services, including:
MeetingPlace provides a number of meeting-related services, including:
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Scheduling of meeting resources. Users can schedule space on MeetingPlace in advance by
specifying the date, time, length of meeting, and number of participants that will be attending. In
addition, users can schedule other resources such as disk space for meeting recordings.
specifying the date, time, length of meeting, and number of participants that will be attending. In
addition, users can schedule other resources such as disk space for meeting recordings.
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Notifying participants. When scheduling a MeetingPlace meeting, users can specify the list of
people they want to attend, and MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway will automatically send out e-mail
notifications to these participants.
people they want to attend, and MeetingPlace E-Mail Gateway will automatically send out e-mail
notifications to these participants.
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Distributing meeting materials. Users can attach documents at any time before, during, or after a
meeting. These attachments can be agendas, working documents, action items, or URLs (Uniform
Resource Locators). MeetingPlace can act as the repository for these attachments and provide access
to them for download, e-mail, or fax.
meeting. These attachments can be agendas, working documents, action items, or URLs (Uniform
Resource Locators). MeetingPlace can act as the repository for these attachments and provide access
to them for download, e-mail, or fax.
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Data conferencing. MeetingPlace not only allows users to view attached documents but also allows
them to participate in data conferences for real-time application sharing and collaboration.
them to participate in data conferences for real-time application sharing and collaboration.