A Partner Mailbox Endpoint allows CIC to act as an FTP or SFTP server. Your trading partners can connect to a Partner Mailbox as an FTP or SFTP client or as a Cleo Portal client.
Partner Mailbox Properties
- Allowed Connections
- Select one or all the following: FTP, SFTP, and Cleo Portal.
- Allowed File Types
- Restrict what kinds of files are permitted to be processed by this Endpoint. Choose from the following:
- All
- No restriction. Allow any kind of file.
- Allow upload of ONLY the following types
- Specify a comma- or semi-colon-separated list of filename patterns allowed to be processed by this Endpoint. You can use wildcards and regular expressions. See Using Wildcards and Regular Expressions in CIC.
- Authentication Type
- This section is displayed whenever you select SFTP in the Allowed Connections section.
- Username
- Required. Specify the username to be used with the password below for authentication when you log in to the Cleo Portal to upload and download from this partner mailbox.
- Password
- Confirm Password
- Required. Specify the password to be used with the username for authentication.
- Key Authentication
- Specify the key to be used for authentication.
- Optional. Specify the email address where you want to receive password reset requests.
- OpenPGP
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- Inbound
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- Verify Signed Payloads
- Select to ensure that when a signed payload is received, the signature matches the payload that was sent.
- Accept Encrypted Payloads
- Select to accept encrypted inbound payloads.
- Outbound
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- Sign
- Sign messages sent from this Endpoint.
- Encrypt
- Apply encryption to messages sent from this Endpoint.
- Compress
- Apply ZLIB compression to messages sent from this Endpoint. Choose this option for large files to conserve bandwidth and improve efficiency and security.
- Text Output (ASCII armor)
- Encase encrypted messages in ASCII for ease of sending using standard messaging formats.
- Advanced
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- OpenPGP Algorithms
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- Hash Algorithm
- Choose the signing method used when OpenPGP packaging (with signing) is requested from the following:
MD2
MD5
RIPE-MD-160
SHA-1
SHA-256
SHA-384
SHA-512
- V3 Signature
- Select this check box to sign messages with Version 3 signatures.
- Encryption Algorithm
- Choose the algorithm you want to use to encrypt messages. The remote host receiving the message must be able to decrypt the message using the algorithm you choose. Choose from the following:
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DES
3DES
AES/128
AES/192
AES/256
CASTS
TWOFISH
BLOWFISH
- Compression Algorithm
- Choose the algorithm you want to use to compress messages. The remote host receiving the message must be able to decrypt the message using the algorithm you choose.
- General
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- Password Expiration
- Select to allow passwords to expire.
- Expire password after
- Select a period after which passwords expire.
Using Cleo Portal to Connect to a Partner Mailbox
Of the several ways you can access the files in a Partner Mailbox, the Cleo Portal is perhaps the easiest to implement. When you create a Partner Mailbox, you create a username and password that you use to log in to the Cleo Portal.- Create a Partner Mailbox Endpoint.
- Select the Cleo Portal checkbox.
- Take note of the Username and Password you enter. You will need these values to log in to the Cleo Portal.
- Open a browser and go to acme.cleointegration.cloud/Portal. The Portal login page is displayed.
- Enter your username and password (from when you created the Partner Mailbox) and press Enter. The Cleo Portal appears and displays the Download and Upload folders belonging to your Partner Mailbox.
You use the Download folder to receive files sent to your Partner Mailbox and you use the Upload folder to put files you want to send to the Data Flow configured to work with this Partner Mailbox.