Complete Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Preparing for Installation
Chapter 2 Installing Netscape Messaging Server 4.1
Chapter 3 Ugrading an Existing Installation
Appendix A Installing a 3.x Directory Server
Index
Messaging Server Installation Guide: About This Guide
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About This Guide

This manual explains how to install Messaging Server 4.1 and its accompanying software components. Messaging Server provides a powerful and flexible cross-platform solution to the email needs of enterprises and messaging hosts of all sizes using open Internet standards.


Who Should Read This Book
You should read this book if you are responsible for installing and deploying Netscape Messaging Server 4.1 at your site.

If you already have Messaging Server version 3.01 or later installed on your system, you can either perform a totally new installation or upgrade the existing one.

The installation program gives you the option to immediately migrate existing mailboxes and the message queues to the newly installed server or to wait until later. If you choose not to migrate immediately, you must later run the upgrade and qconvert utilities provided with Messaging Server 4.1 to move your user mailboxes, messages, and message queues to the new server.


Conventions Used in This Book
Sidebar text
Sidebar text marks important information. Make sure you read the information before continuing with a task.

Monospaced font—This typeface is used for any text that appears on the computer screen or text that you should type. It is also used for filenames, distinguished names, functions, and examples.

Italicized Monospaced font—This typeface is used to represent text that you enter using information that is unique to your installation. It is used for server paths and names and account IDs.

For example, throughout this document you will see path references of the form:

server-root/msg-serverID/...

In these situations, server-root represents the directory path in which you install the server, and serverID represents the server instance you use when you install it. For example, if you install your server in the directory usr/ netscape/server4 and use the server instance tango, the actual path is:

usr/netscape/server4/msg-tango/

Also, all paths specified in this manual are in Unix format. If you are using a Windows NT-based Messaging Server, you should assume the Windows NT equivalent file paths whenever Unix file paths are shown in this book.

 

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