About This Guide


The iPlanet Messaging Server Migration Guide describes how to migrating from a Sun Internet Mail Server (SIMS) 4.0 or Netscape Messaging Server 4.x email system to an iPlanet Messaging Server email system.

This preface contains the following sections:

• Who Should Read This Book

• What You Need to Know

• How This Book is Organized

• Typographical Conventions

• Where to Find Related Information

• Where to Find This Book Online

Who Should Read This Book

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You should read this book if you are responsible for migrating from SIMS 4.0 or Netscape Messaging Server 4.x to the iPlanet Messaging Server.

What You Need to Know

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This book assumes that you have a general understanding of the following:

• The Internet and the World Wide Web

• iPlanet Administration Server

• iPlanet Directory Server and LDAP

• Netscape Console

• Either SIMS or Netscape Messaging Server

How This Book is Organized

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This book contains the following chapters and appendix:

• About This Guide (this chapter)

• Chapter 1 "SIMS 4.0 and Netscape Messaging Server 4.x Changes, Regressions, and Transitions to the iPlanet Messaging Server

• Chapter 2 "Migration Overview

• Chapter 3 "Scenarios and Procedures for Migrating a Single-Server System to the iPlanet Messaging Server

• Chapter 4 "Scenarios and Procedures for Migrating a Multi-Server System to the iPlanet Messaging Server

• Chapter 5 "Troubleshooting iPlanet Messaging Server Migrations

• Appendix A "Command-Line Interface

• Appendix B "Common Migration Procedures

• "Glossary"

Typographical Conventions

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Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, code, directories, hostnames, distinguished names, on-screen computer output.	Edit your msg.conf file. Use ls -a to list all files. Error: illegal port #
AaBbCc123	User entered text.	% cd madonna
AaBbCc123	Screen text for an application prompt.	Do you want to continue [y]:
<AaBbCc123>	Command-line place holder. Replace with a real name or value.	# <InstanceRoot>/start-msg
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized.	iPlanet Messaging Server Provisioning Guide

Where to Find Related Information

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In addition to this guide, iPlanet Messaging Server comes with supplementary information for administrators as well as documentation for end users and developers. Use the following URL to see all the Messaging Server documentation:

http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/messaging.html

Where to Find This Book Online

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You can find Migration Guide online in PDF and HTML formats. To find this book, use this URL:

http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/messaging.html