Messaging Server Administrator's Guide

This guide is intended for Netscape Messaging Server administrators, those responsible for setting up and administering the Messaging Server after it has been installed. For instructions on installing Netscape Messaging Server, see the Installation Guide.

Introduction
    What's new in Messaging Server 3.0
      Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
      Authenticated SMTP
      IMAP encryption and authentication
      Remote network management
      Message quotas
      Single copy message store
      Delivery status notification
      Netscape Messaging Server plug-in API
    About this guide
    About the other guides
    Conventions used in this guide
      Pathname conventions

Chapter 1 Working with users and groups
    Using the Administration Server
      Starting and stopping the Administration Server
      Accessing the Administration Server
      Using the Server Administration page
      Using the Messaging Server manager
    What are email accounts?
    Working with user and group forms
      Managing user accounts
      About the Mail User Information form
        Primary Email Address field
        Alternate Email Addresses field
        Messaging Server field
        Delivery Options fields
        Auto-Reply Mode field
        Auto-Reply Text field
        Personal Description field
      Managing group accounts
      About the Mail Group Information form
        Primary Email Address field
        Alternate Email Addresses field
        Send Errors To field
        Messaging Server field
        List of CC Recipients field
        LDAP Criteria for Generating CC List field
        Maximum Message Size field
        Allowed Sender Domains field
        Allowed Senders field
        Rejection Notice field
    Required and recommended groups
      Required group: Postmaster
      Recommended groups
    Starting and stopping the Messaging Server

Chapter 2 Working with system settings
    The Messages form
      Host Finger Information field
      Default Vacation-Mode Reply Message field
      Default Echo-Mode Reply Message field
      Default Reply-Mode Reply Message field
      `Quota Exceeded' Message field
    The SMTP Channel Aliases form
        Setting up an SMTP channel alias
    The SMTP Channel Options form
      Maximum Number of MTA Hops field
      Defer Delivery to remote hosts field
      Verify each recipient's address field
      SMTP Mail Routing Table field
        Example:
      Unknown Local Account, Maximum MTA Hops Exceeded, and Disk Quota Exceeded fields
    The System Configuration form
      Address Completion Domain field
      Local Mail Domains field
      Queued Mail Processing Interval field
      Maximum Mail Queue Time field
      Lookup Client Machine Names field
      Default Maximum Number of Concurrent Network Servers field
      Default Maximum Number of Concurrent Local Processes field
      Minimum Free Disk Space field
      Default User Disk Quota field
      Recommended Account Management URL for Mail Users field
    The Single Copy On/Off form
    The Message Stores form
    The Unix Mail form

Chapter 3 Ensuring a secure messaging system
    System security
      Runtime permissions
      Access domains
      Access domain algorithm
    Encryption forms
      The IMAP Encryption and Authentication form
      The Security Preferences form

Chapter 4 Server status and reports
    SNMP configuration and control
      The SNMP Configuration form
        Master Host field
        Organization field
        Location field
        Contact field
        SNMP Statistics Collection options
      The SNMP Subagent Control form
    Server logs and reports
      The List of Queued Mail form
      The Logging Preferences form
        Log Directory field
      The View Logs report
    Error messages
      Notification messages
      Error-Handler Action form

Appendix A Messaging Server architecture
    The dispatcher
    The module configuration database
    The message transfer agent
      Message channels
        The components of a message channel
        The SMTP channel
        Switching messages between channels
      The local delivery channel
        POP3 or IMAP4 delivery
        Unix delivery
        Program delivery
      The message transfer agent handlers
        The account handler
        The error handler
    The AutoReply utility
    Directory databases
    The Messaging Server finger service

Appendix B Compatibility with sendmail
    Functional compatibility
      SMTP network interface
        Incoming mail
        Outgoing mail
      Aliases and mail forwarding
      Delivery to programs
      Delivery to files
      Mailing lists
    Command-line compatibility
      Sending mail with the sendmail replacement
      Starting the Messaging Server with sendmail
      Checking the mail queue
      Other modes
    Sendmail replacement program reference
      Alternate names for sendmail
      Options for sendmail

Appendix C Program delivery
    About program delivery
    Program delivery terminology
    Trusted and untrusted operating modes
    Configuring for program deliveries
      Enabling the program delivery module
        Removing the NO-PROGRAM-DELIVERIES file
        The program delivery module
      Setting up the trusted program directory
      Setting up the list of valid shells
      Disabling the program delivery module
      Program deliveries through the New User form
      Program deliveries and the Unix form

Appendix D Command-line operations and utilities
    Command-line operations
        Starting the system
        Shutting down the system
        Checking the mail queue
        Delivering mail in the queue
    Command-line utilities
      CheckPO
        Synopsis
        Description
        Options
      DelMbx
        Synopsis
        Description
      MoveUser
        Synopsis
        Description
        Requirement
        Components of LDAP URL
        bindDN
        bindDN password
        Examples
      MTA-migrate
        Migration to an LDAP Directory Server
        Migration to a Local directory database
        Preview mode in MTA-migrate
        Customization of distinguished name
        Migration from 2.x post office
        Migration from 2.x mailbox
        Migration in stages
        MTA-migrate examples

Glossary

Index

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