Solstice X.400 Messaging Server 9.0 Administrator's Guide
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Solstice™ X.400 Messaging Server 9.0 Administrator’s Guide A Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 U.S.A. Part No: 802-5045-10 Revision A, February 1996 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043-1100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Portions of this product may be derived from the UNIX® system, licensed from UNIX System Laboratories, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Novell, Inc., and from the Berkeley 4.3 BSD system, licensed from the University of California. Third-party software, including font technology in this product, is protected by copyright and licensed from Sun’s suppliers. 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THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN NEW EDITIONS OF THE PUBLICATION. SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT(S) AND/OR THE PROGRAMS(S) DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION AT ANY TIME. Please Recycle Contents Part 1 —Introducing Solstice X.400 and its Configuration Tool 1. Introducing the Solstice X.400 Messaging System . 1 Overview of an X.400 Message Handling System . 1 The X.400 MHS Protocols . 4 X.400 Management Domains . 6 X.400 Addressing . 7 Routing Messages in the X.400 Domain . 14 The Solstice X.400 Message Store. 14 The Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor . 15 Routing Messages in the Internet Mail Domain . 15 Routing Messages from Internet Mail to X.400 . 16 Routing Messages from X.400 to Internet Mail . 18 Supported Mail Header Fields. 19 X.400 Use of X.500 Directory Services . 20 Introducing the RFC1006 Driver. 21 iii 2. Starting and Using x400tool. 23 Before You Start . 24 Starting x400tool on Your Local Machine . 25 Starting x400tool on a Remote Machine . 25 Using x400tool . 26 Starting and Stopping X.400 Processes . 28 Backing Up Your Configuration. 29 Restoring an Existing Configuration . 29 Printing Your Configuration. 30 Locating x400tool Files . 31 3. Overview of Configuring Your Messaging System. 33 Adding Information about Messaging Servers . 33 Local Message Store Using a Local MTA . 34 Local Message Store Using a Remote MTA . 35 Local MTA Using a Remote Message Store . 36 Adding Information about the Internet Mail Adaptor . 37 Adding Information about User Agents and DSAs. 37 Part 2 —Configuring Your Messaging Server 4. Configuring Your Local Messaging Server . 41 Specifying Your Local Server Name . 42 Setting an Access Control Password . 42 Specifying Your Global Domain Identifier . 44 5. Tuning Your Local Messaging Server . 45 iv Solstice X.400 Messaging Server Administrator’s Guide—February 1996 Tuning Associations. 46 Tuning Basic Associations. 46 Tuning Other Association Options . 48 Tuning the Reliable Transfer Service . 52 Tuning the Security Options. 54 Tuning the Remote Operations Service. 56 Tuning the Session Layer . 58 Setting the Type of Report Requested by Outgoing Messages. 61 Tuning the MTA Timer Tolerance . 62 Tuning Congestion Thresholds . 62 Enabling Message Tracking . 64 6. Adding Remote Server Information to Your Messaging System65 Adding or Changing Information About a Remote Messaging Server. 66 Specifying a Name and Type for the Remote Server. 67 Enabling and Disabling Access Control for a Remote MTA 68 Specifying the Global Domain Identifier of a Remote MTA 69 Selecting the Version of X.400 Supported by the Remote MTA70 Selecting the Version of RTS Supported by the Remote MTA 70 Specifying the OSI Address of the Remote Server. 71 Adding Information About an X.500 DSA . 73 7. Testing and Tuning Connections to a Remote MTA . 75 Tuning the Remote MTA Association Options. 76 Testing an MTA Association . 77 Contents v Configuring Routes to a Remote MTA . 80 Setting a Default MTA. 80 8. Adding Message Store User Information to Your Messaging System. 83 Creating a Message Store User Group. 83 Configuring Message Store User Information . 86 Adding Message Store User Information . 86 Updating and Deleting Message Store User Information. 88 9. Adding Third-Party Agents to Your Messaging System . 89 Adding and Configuring Third-Party User Agents. 89 Adding a Third-Party User Agent . 90 Specifying the User Agent Name and Type . 91 Enabling and Disabling User Agent Access Control. 92 Specifying the Body Types Supported . 93 Specifying the Standard Content Types Supported. 94 Specifying the Non-Standard Content Types Supported . 95 Configuring Routes to a User Agent . 95 Adding and Configuring X.400 MT (P1) Agents . 96 Adding a Third-Party P1 Agent. 96 Specifying the P1 Agent Name . 96 Enabling and Disabling P1 User Access Control . 97 Specifying the Type of P1 Access. 97 Specifying the Global Domain Identifier . 98 Configuring Routes to a P1 Agent . 99 vi Solstice X.400 Messaging Server Administrator’s Guide—February 1996 10. Routing Between Messaging Components. 101 Routing in the X.400 Domain . 101 Default Routing Entries. 103 Modifying the Default Routing Table . 103 Deleting an Existing Routing Entry. 104 Specifying Alternate Recipients . 104 Testing the Routing Algorithm. 106 Part 3 —Configuring and Using Your Internet Mail Adaptor 11. Configuring the Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor. 111 Before You Start . 112 Software Requirements for the Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor 112 Determining Your Internet Domain Address. 113 Adding Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor Information . 115 Adding the Pseudo Host Name to the NIS Database . 118 Modifying sendmail.cf to Add a Pseudo Host Name Manually 119 12. Testing and Tuning the Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor . 121 Testing the Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor . 122 Checking the Address Conversion . 122 Sending a Test Message. 123 Modifying the Mapping Tables . 126 Using the Mapping Table Editor . 126 Replacing a Deleted Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor . 129 Configuring Routes to the Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor . 129 Contents vii Modifying the sendmail Configuration File for the Internet Adaptor. 130 Using the gen_sendmail.cf Script . 130 Modifying sendmail.cf Manually . 131 13. Sending and Receiving Internet Mail Through the Internet Adaptor . 133 Sending Messages Using Internet Mail Applications . 133 Addressing Messages Through the Solstice X.400 Internet Adaptor. 134 Using X.400 Mail Header Fields in mailtool. 135 Sending Messages Containing International Character Sets 136 Mapping X.400 and Internet Addresses . 138 Part 4 —Managing Your Messaging System 14. Managing Your Messaging System with x400tool . 141 Displaying OSI Addressing Information . 142 Displaying Status Information . 143 Changing the Tool Properties. 143 Activating a Status Window. 144 Refreshing a Status Window Manually. 144 Printing the Current Status. 144 Displaying the Status of the Local MTA . 145 Displaying the Status of a Remote MTA. 146 Displaying the Status of a Message.