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Configuring a Dynamic Send Port for Asynchronous MDNs over AS2

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To send an asynchronous EDIINT/AS2-encoded MDN message over HTTP/HTTPS, create a dynamic HTTP send port with the following configuration:

Location Property Setting
Send Port Properties: General Port Type Dynamic One-Way
Send Port Properties: General Send pipeline AS2Send
Send Port Properties: Filters Property EdiIntAS.IsAS2AsynchronousMdn
Send Port Properties: Filters Operator ==
Send Port Properties: Filters Value True

An asynchronous MDN should be sent to the address contained in the Receipt-Delivery-Option header of the received AS2 message. A dynamic send port will do so, whereas a static send port will send the message to the Destination URL in the send port definition. The exception to this is if the Use agreement settings for validation and MDN instead of message header property is set in Validation page of the one-way agreement tab of the Agreement Properties dialog box. In that case, the send port will send the MDN message to the URL entered into the Receipt-Delivery-Option agreement property. However, the send port used to do so must still be a dynamic send port, not a static send port.

You can configure this send port to return both MDNs and EDI acknowledgments. In the instance, if an EDIINT/AS2-encoded message is transported over HTTP/HTTPS successfully, but processing of the EDI-encoded payload fails, the sender of the original message would receive both an MDN indicating successful AS2 processing and an EDI acknowledgment indicating a failure in EDI processing. The EDI-encoded payload would be suspended and an error posted.

Functionality

The send port and pipeline must do the following to send an MDN:

  • Pick up the MDN by filtering on the EdiIntAS.IsAS2AsynchronousMdn==True property.

  • Build an AS2 message. For more information about this process, see Generating an Outgoing AS2 Message.

  • Route the MDN to the address in the Receipt-Delivery-Option line in the header of the message.

    Note

    If the Use agreement settings for validation and MDN instead of message header property is set in Validation page of the one-way agreement tab of the Agreement Properties dialog box, the send port will send the MDN message to the URL entered into the Receipt-Delivery-Option agreement property, not to the address mentioned in Receipt-Delivery-Option header of the received AS2 message.

See Also

Configuring Ports for an AS2 Solution