Configurable document server

A system for routing documents in a network environment comprising a transport mechanism:

• wherein the transport mechanism is communicatively coupled to a message transport coupled to a network for sending a document, the document belonging to a first type of various types of documents routed in the network environment;
• the transport mechanism is communicatively coupled to a document server;
• and the transport mechanism is an independently configurable module operating independently of an originating message service or source of the document having one or more routing rules configured for that transport mechanism and providing a common processing architecture, including common scheduling and queuing support, for a plurality of message transports;
• and is configured to:
• receive the document from the document server, the document server is configured to place the document on a queue on the document server associated with the transport mechanism;
• select, by the transport mechanism, a message transport for the document from the plurality of message transports based on the application of the one or more routing rules configured for that transport mechanism to the document, wherein the message transport is selected based on a workflow associated with the document and a determination whether an error condition exists in association with receipt of the document at the document server, and if an error condition exists and it was determined that a configuration option is set to prevent routing of the received document on error a first specific message transport is selected as the message transport and if the configuration option is not set to prevent routing on error, a second specific message transport is selected as the message transport;
• and route, by the transport mechanism, the document from the transport mechanism to the selected message transport to transmit the document without involvement of the user.