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How the IM Network Is Assigned

IMFrontEnd.exe automatically adds the IM network to each CNV file that it generates. It uses two methods, depending on the dump file format.

For IM conversations extracted from Bloomberg dump files, IMFrontEnd.exe automatically sets the IM network when processing dump files generated by these networks (that is, when using the DirIBXML parameter). This IM network is saved in the resulting CNV file.

For IM conversations extracted from dump files generated by ‘gateway’ IM applications such as Actiance (formerly FaceTime), the dump file contains an IM network identifier. That is, the IM network is saved as an attribute of the IM conversation. IMFrontEnd.exe automatically detects this attribute and saves the IM network in the resulting CNV file.

When the CNV files are subsequently converted to EML emails by Cnv2email.exe, the IM network is saved as an x‑header in the EML email. Policy engines are configured to automatically detect and process this x‑header and extract the IM network. For details, see the next section.

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Configure IM Import