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Chapter 1 Messaging Server Command-line Utilities

Command Descriptions

configutil
counterutil
deliver
hashdir
imsasm
imsbackup
imsrestore
imscripter
mboxutil
mkbackupdir
MoveUser
quotacheck
readership
reconstruct
start-msg
stop-msg
stored

Chapter 2 Message Transfer Agent Command-line Utilities

Command Descriptions

imsimta cache
imsimta chbuild
imsimta cnbuild
imsimta convertdb
imsimta counters
imsimta crdb
imsimta dirsync
imsimta find
imsimta kill
imsimta process
imsimta process_held
imsimta program
imsimta purge
imsimta qclean
imsimta qm
imsimta qtop
imsimta recover-crash
imsimta refresh
imsimta renamedb
imsimta restart
imsimta return
imsimta run
imsimta start
imsimta stop
imsimta submit
imsimta test
imsimta version
imsimta view

Chapter 3 Delegated Administrator Command-line Utilities

Execution Modes
Command File Format
Command Descriptions

imadmin admin add
imadmin admin remove
imadmin admin search
imadmin domain create
imadmin domain delete
imadmin domain modify
imadmin domain purge
imadmin domain search
imadmin family create
imadmin family delete
imadmin family modify
imadmin family purge
imadmin family search
imadmin family-admin add
imadmin family-admin remove
imadmin family-admin search
imadmin family-member create
imadmin family-member delete
imadmin family-member remove
imadmin family-member search
imadmin group create
imadmin group delete
imadmin group modify
imadmin group purge
imadmin group search
imadmin user create
imadmin user delete
imadmin user modify
imadmin user purge
imadmin user search

Chapter 4 Messaging Server Configuration

configutil Parameters

Chapter 5 MTA Configuration

The MTA Configuration Files
imta.cnf File

Structure of the imta.cnf File
Comments in the File
Including Other Files

Channel Definitions
Channel Configuration Keywords

Address Types and Conventions (822, 733, uucp, header_822, header_733, header_uucp)
Address Interpretation (bangoverpercent, nobangoverpercent, percentonly)
Routing Information in Addresses (exproute, noexproute, improute, noimproute)
Short Circuiting Rewriting of Routing Addresses (routelocal)
Address Rewriting Upon Message Dequeue (connectalias, connectcanonical)
Channel-specific Rewrite Rules (rules, norules)
Channel Directionality (master, slave, bidirectional)
Message Size Affecting Priority (urgentblocklimit, normalblocklimit, nonurgentblocklimit)
Channel Connection Information Caching (cacheeverything, cachesuccesses, cachefailures, nocache)
Number of Addresses or Message Files to Handle per Service Job or File (addrsperjob, filesperjob, maxjobs)
Multiple Addresses (multiple, addrsperfile, single, single_sys)
Expansion of Multiple Addresses (expandlimit, expandchannel, holdlimit)
Multiple Subdirectories (subdirs)
Service Job Queue Usage and Job Deferral (pool)
Deferred Delivery Dates (deferred, nodeferred)
Undeliverable Message Notification Times (notices, nonurgentnotices, normalnotices, urgentnotices)
Returned Messages (sendpost, nosendpost, copysendpost, errsendpost)
Warning Messages (warnpost, nowarnpost, copywarnpost, errwarnpost)
Postmaster Returned Message Content (postheadonly, postheadbody)
Including Altered Addresses in Notification Messages (includefinal, suppressfinal, useintermediate)
Protocol Streaming (streaming)
Triggering New Threads in Multithreaded Channels (threaddepth)
Channel Protocol Selection (smtp, nosmtp, smtp_cr, smtp_crlf, smtp_crorlf, smtp_lf)
SMTP EHLO Command (ehlo, checkehlo, noehlo)
Receiving an SMTP ETRN Command (allowetrn, blocketrn, disableetrn, domainetrn, silentetrn)
Sending an SMTP ETRN Command (sendetrn, nosendetrn)
SMTP VRFY Commands (domainvrfy, localvrfy, novrfy)
Responding to SMTP VRFY commands (vrfyallow, vrfydefault, vrfyhide)
TCP/IP Port Number (interfaceaddress, port)
TCP/IP MX Record Support (mx, nomx, nodns, defaultmx, randommx, nonrandommx, nameservers, defaultnameservers)
Specifying a Last Resort Host (lastresort)
Reverse DNS and IDENT Lookups on Incoming SMTP Connections (identtcp, identtcplimited, identtcpnumeric, identtcpsymbolic, identnone, identnonelimited, identnonenumeric, identnonesymbolic, forwardchecknone, forwardchecktag, forwardcheckdelete)
Selecting an Alternate Channel for Incoming Mail (switchchannel, allowswitchchannel, noswitchchannel)
Host Name to Use When Correcting Incomplete Addresses (remotehost, noremotehost, defaulthost, nodefaulthost)
Legalizing Messages Without Recipient Header Lines (missingrecipientpolicy)
Strip Illegal Blank Recipient Headers (dropblank)
Eight-Bit Capability (eightbit, eightnegotiate, eightstrict, sevenbit)
Automatic Character Set Labeling (charset7, charset8, charsetesc)
Message Line Length Restrictions (linelength)
Channel-Specific Use of the Reverse Database (reverse, noreverse)
Inner Header Rewriting (noinner, inner)
Restricted Mailbox Encoding (restricted, unrestricted)
Trimming Message Header Lines (headertrim, noheadertrim, headerread, noheaderread, innertrim, noinnertrim)
Encoding: Header Line (ignoreencoding, interpretencoding)
Generation of X-Envelope-to: Header Lines (x_env_to, nox_env_to)
Generation of Return-path: Header Lines (addreturnpath, noaddreturnpath)
Envelope To: and From: Addresses in Received: Header Lines (receivedfor, noreceivedfor, receivedfrom, noreceivedfrom)
Postmaster Address (aliaspostmaster, returnaddress, noreturnpersonal, returnpersonal, noreturnpersonal)
Blank Envelope Return Addresses (returnenvelope)
Comments in Address Header Lines (commentinc, commentmap, commentomit, commentstrip, commenttotal, sourcecommentinc, sourcecommentmap, sourcecommentomit, sourcecommentstrip, sourcecommenttota)
Personal Names in Address Header Lines (personalinc, personalmap, personalomit, personalstrip, sourcepersonalinc, sourcepersonalmap, sourcepersonalomit, sourcepersonalstrip)
Alias File and Alias Database Probes (aliaslocal)
Subaddresses (subaddressexact, subaddressrelaxed, subaddresswild)
Two- or Four-Digit Date Conversion (datefour, datetwo)
Day of Week in Date Specifications (dayofweek, nodayofweek)
Automatic Splitting of Long Header Lines (maxheaderaddrs, maxheaderchars)
Header Alignment and Folding (headerlabelalign, headerlinelength)
Automatic Defragmentation of Message/Partial Messages (defragment, nodefragment)
Automatic Fragmentation of Large Messages (maxblocks, maxlines)
Absolute Message Size Limits (blocklimit, noblocklimit, linelimit, nolinelimit, sourceblocklimit)
Specify Maximum Length Header (maxprocchars)
Mail Delivery to Over Quota Users (holdexquota, noexquota)
Gateway Daemons (daemon)
Processing Account or Message Router Mailbox (user)
Message Logging (logging, nologging)
Debugging Channel Master and Slave Programs (master_debug, nomaster_debug, slave_debug, noslave_debug)
Sensitivity checking (sensitivitynormal, sensitivitypersonal, sensitivityprivate, sensitivitycompanyconfidential)
SMTP AUTH (maysaslserver, mustsaslserver, nosasl, nosaslserver, saslswitchchannel, nosaslswitchchannel)
Verify the Domain on MAIL FROM: is in the DNS (mailfromdnsverify, nomailfromdnsverify)
Channel Operation Type (submit)
Filter File Location (filter, nofilter, channelfilter, nochannelfilter, destinationfilter, nodestinationfilter, sourcefilter, nosourcefilter, fileinto, nofileinto)
Use authenticated address from SMTP AUTH in header (authrewrite)
Transport Layer Security (maytls, maytlsclient, maytlsserver, musttls, musttlsclient, musttlsserver, notls, notlsclient, notlsserver, tlsswitchchannel)
MS Exchange Gateway Channels (msexchange, nomsexchange)
Remove Source Routes (dequeue_removeroute)
Default Language (language)
Loopcheck (loopcheck, noloopcheck)
Service (service, noservice)

Alias File

Including Other Files in the Alias File

/var/mail Channel Option File
SMTP Channel Option Files

Format of the File
Available SMTP Channel Options

Conversions

Character Set Conversion and Message Reformatting Mapping
Conversion File

Mapping File

Locating and Loading the Mapping File
File Format in the Mapping File
Mapping Operations
Address-Reversal Database, REVERSE Mapping
FORWARD Address Mapping

Option File

Locating and Loading the MTA Option File
Option File Format and Available Options
Header Option Files

Tailor File
Dirsync Option File
Autoreply Option File
Job Controller

Job Controller Configuration
Job Controller Configuration File

Dispatcher

Dispatcher Configuration File
Configuration File Format
Debugging and Log Files
System Parameters on Solaris

Chapter 6 Messaging Multiplexor

Encryption (SSL) Option
Multiplexor Configuration

Multiplexor Configuration Files
Multiplexor Configuration Parameters

Appendix A Supported Standards

Messaging

Basic Message Structure
Access Protocols and Message Store
SMTP and Extended SMTP
Message Content and Structure
Delivery Status Notifications
Security

Domain Name Service
Text and Character Set Specifications

National and International
Internet References

Glossary

Index