Getting Started With Communications Services

• 2005Q4 Release Notes Collection for Java Enterprise System Components

• Introduction to Communications Services

• What's New in This Release

  • Calendar Server

  • Communications Express

  • Connector for Microsoft Outlook

  • Delegated Administrator

  • Instant Messaging

  • Messaging Server

• Known Issues

  • Calendar Server

  • Communications Express

  • Connector for Microsoft Outlook

  • Delegated Administrator

  • Instant Messaging

  • Messaging Server

Planning Your Communications Services Deployment

• Analyzing Your Communications Services Requirements

• Understanding Product Requirements

• Planning your Infrastructure

• Developing a Logical Architecture

  • Calendar Server

  • Communications Express

  • Instant Messaging

  • Messaging Server

• Sizing Your Deployment

  • Instant Messaging

  • Messaging Server

    • Disk Sizing for MTA Message Queues

• Examples

  • One-Tiered Deployment on a Single Host

  • Two-Tiered Deployment on Multiple Hosts

User and Group Provisioning

• Understanding Schema and User Provisioning

• Scenarios for Provisioning Users

• Using the Schema Migration Utility

• Calendar Server User Provisioning

• Managing Mail Users, Lists and Domains

Preinstallation Requirements

• Calendar Server

• Communications Express

• Connector for Microsoft Outlook

• Delegated Administrator

• Instant Messaging

• Messaging Server

Installing Communications Services

• Installation Prerequisites

• Getting the Java ES Software

• Installation Worksheets

  • Calendar Server

  • Instant Messaging

  • Messaging Server

• Communications Express

• Connector for Microsoft Outlook

• Delegated Administrator

Upgrading Existing Communications Services Systems

• Upgrading from pre-Java ES Systems

  • Messaging Server

• Upgrading from Java Enterprise Systems

• Migrating Data

  • Migrating from Schema 1 to Schema 2

  • Calendar Server

  • Communications Express (Personal Address Book)

  • Messaging Server

Postinstallation, Configuration, and Administration Procedures

• Calendar Server

  • Postinstallation Procedures

  • Configuring Basic Calendar Functions

    • Starting and Stopping Server

    • Enabling/Disabling Automatic Backups

    • Managing the Group Scheduling Engine Queue

    • Configuring Anonymous Access

    • Enabling Proxy Administrator Logins

  • Backing Up and Restoring Calendar Data

    • Configuring Automatic Backups

    • Backing Up/Restoring Calendar Server Data

  • Hosted Domain Support

    • Setting Up Hosted Domains

    • Administering Hosted Domains

  • Configuring SSL

  • Using the Calendar Look-up Database (CLD)

  • Administering Calendars

    • Configuring the ics.conf file

• Communications Express

  • Postinstallation Procedures

  • Modifying Parameters

  • Configuring Secure Socket Layer (SSL)

  • Configuring the Hosted Domains

  • Administering S/MIME

  • Enabling Single Sign-On (SSO) for Communications Services

    • Communications Express Procedures

• Connector for Microsoft Outlook

  • Configuring End-User Packages

  • Push Method Deployment

  • Migrating Terminal Service Users from Exchange to the Sun Java System

  • Designating Outlook as the Default Email Client

  • Removing Sun Java System Synchronization Program from a User's Workstation

  • Undoing (Reversing) a User's Migration

  • Configuring Connector for Microsoft Outlook

• Delegated Administrator

  • Configuring Delegated Administrator

  • Creating Your Own Service Packages

• Instant Messaging

  • Postinstallation, Configuration, and Administration

• Messaging Server

  • Postinstallation Procedures

  • Configuring Basic Messaging Capabilities

    • Starting and Stopping Services

    • Modifying Passwords

    • Configuring a Greeting Message

    • Scheduling Automatic Tasks

    • Setting a User-Preferred Language

    • Automatic Restart of Failed or Unresponsive Services

  • Configuring POP, IMAP, and HTTP Services

  • Setting Up the Messaging Multiplexor (MMP and MEM)

  • Configuring the MTA

    • Using Configuration Files

      • MTA Configuration Files

      • Compiling the Configuration

  • Rewrite Rules

    • Testing Rewrite Rules

    • Rewrite Rules Example

Postinstallation Procedures (continued)

• Messaging Server (continued)

  • Configuring Channels

    • Configuring Channel Defaults

    • Configuring SMTP Channels

    • Configuring Message Processing and Delivery

    • Configuring Address Handling

    • Configuring Header Handling

    • Placing Limits on Messages, Quotas, Recipients, and Authentication Attempts

    • Specifying Mailbox Filter File Location

    • Using the Pre-Defined Pipe Channel

    • Holding Messages in the Pre-Defined the Hold Channel

    • Implementing the Conversion Channel

    • Character Set Conversion and Message Reformatting

  • Controlling Delivery Status Notification Messages

  • MTA Address Translation and Routing (Direct LDAP)

  • Configuring Vacation Automatic Message Reply

• Configuring the Message Store

  • Specifying Administrator Access

  • Administering Shared Folders

  • Configuring Message Store Quotas

  • Expiring Messages

  • Configuring Message Store Partitions

  • Performing Message Store Maintenance

  • Managing Mailboxes

  • Monitoring Quota Limits

  • Monitoring Disk Space

  • Using the stored Utility

  • Back Up/Restore Planning

  • Technical Note: Using NetApp Filers with the Message Store

  • Configuring LMTP

  • Configuring SMS

High Availability

• Directory Server and High Availability

• Application Server and High Availability

• Messaging Server, Calendar Server and High Availability

  • Configuring Calendar Server with High Availability

  • Configuring Messaging Server with High Availability

    • High Availability with watcher or msprobe

• Instant Messaging and High Availability

• Load Balancers

• Directory Proxy Server

• Replica Role Promotion

• Remote Site Failover

Security

• Designing Your Security Strategy

  • Calendar Server

  • Messaging Server

• Messaging Server

  • Configuring Security and Access Control

  • Controlling Access with Mapping Tables

  • Filtering Specified Header Strings (Sieve Filtering)

  • Spam/Virus Protection (with Third Party Software)

    • Planning an Anti-Spam/Anti-Virus Strategy

    • Integrating Anti-spam/Anti-Virus Programs

    • Technical Note: Configuring Brightmail

• Calendar Server

  • Administering Access Control

Customizing Communications Services

• Creating Gateways or MTA Channels (Messaging Server)

• Customizing Delegated Administrator

• Customizing Communications Express

Tuning and Performance

• Calendar Server

• Communications Express

• Connector for Microsoft Outlook

  • Technical Note: Tuning Communications Express for Connector for Microsoft Outlook

  • Technical Note: Tuning LDAP to Improve Searches in Communications Services Clients

  • Technical Note: Configuring Calendar Server for Connector for Microsoft Outlook

  • Technical Note: Avoiding ACI Problems with Connector for Microsoft Outlook

• Delegated Administrator

  • Consolidating ACIs for Directory Server Performance

• Messaging Server

Monitoring Your System

• Messaging Server

  • User Access

  • Logging

  • SNMP

• Calendar Server

Troubleshooting

• Calender Server

  • Administration

  • Technical Note: Frequently Asked Questions

  • WCAP Error Handling

  • Database Migration

• Communications Express

• Connector for Microsoft Outlook

  • Installation and Configuration

  • Issues to Address in Planning for a New Mail Server

• Delegated Administrator

• Event Notification Services (ENS)

• Messaging Server

  • Message Store

  • MTA

    • User-level Filters

  • Logging

  • Single Sign-on (SSO)

Examples

• Deployment Example: Sun Java System Communications Services 2005Q4 on a Single Host

• Deployment Example: Sun Java System Communications Services for Access Anywhere (EdgeMail)

• One-Tiered Deployment on a Single Host

• Two-Tiered Deployment on Multiple Hosts

• Instant Messaging Resource Requirements

• Schema Migration Scenarios

Reference

• Communications Services 2005Q1 Documentation Center

• Calendar Server

  • Command-Line Utilities

  • Configuration Parameters

• Communications Express

  • Configuration Parameters

• Communications Services

  • Schema Reference

• Delegated Administrator

  • Command Line Utilities

• Messaging Server

  • Command-Line Utilities for Message Access, Message Store, and General Administration

  • MTA Command-line Utilities

  • configutil Parameters

  • MTA Reference

  • MMP Reference

Other Helpful Links

• Glossary of Terms

• Java Enterprise System Education Services

• Sun Patch Center

Additional Documentation Centers

• Application Server Documentation Center

• Java Enterprise System Troubleshooting Documentation Center