Index

Symbols

* (asterisk) wildcard in mail routing tables 44

A

accept agents, in message channels 75
access domains
  algorithm to limit and verify 57
  security and 55
  setting up 56
  See also finger access domains, domains
Access Domains field 26
accessing the Administration Server 21
Account Handler 40, 49, 80
  logging 66
Account Manager
  logging 66
accounts 22
  group 28
  mail 49
  managing 24
  MTA group 54
  MTA user 54
   user 24
Address Completion Domain field 47
address completion, for mail with no domain 47
addresses
  "bad" 46
  incomplete, security and 55
  Internet Protocol (IP) 48, 57
  verifying 44
Addresses for Forward Delivery field 40
Administration server 20
  accessing 21
  starting and stopping 20
agent
  deliver 75
  routing 75
agents, accept 75
algorithm
  to determine if client can access server 57
  to limit and verify access domains 57
aliases
  compatibility with sendmail 85
  creating 40
  mail 30
  SMTP channel 40-44, 41, 42, 44
Allowed Sender Domains field 32
Allowed Senders field 33
alternate email addresses
  group 30
  user 25
Alternate Email Addresses field (group) 30
Alternate Email Addresses field (user) 25
Always Defer Delivery field 43
API, plug-in 14
architecture
  AutoReply utility 81
  directory service role in 82
  dispatcher role in 72
  major components of 71
  message transfer agent (MTA) role in 73
  Messaging Server 71
  top-level depiction of (figure) 72
authentication 12
AutoReply 72
  utility 81
AutoReply Handler
  logging 66
Auto-Reply Mode field 27
Auto-Reply Text field 28

B

backslash 17

C

CC recipients 31
channel
  local delivery 73, 77
  message 73
  SMTP 73, 76
CheckPO 105
cluster size 50
command line
  checking mail queue via 104
  starting the system 103
command-line operations 103-105
command-line refererence for sendmail 88
command-line utilities 105
command-line utilities 105
  CheckPO 105
  DelMbx 110
  MoveUser 110
  MTA-migrate 114
configuration
  database 71
  system 44-46
Configuration Manager
  logging 66
controlling user, in program delivery 95
conventions 16
  naming 16
  pathname 17
  slash 17
  typeface 17
  used in this guide 16

D

daemon 54, 71
database
  directory 82
  module configuration 71, 73
default
  echo reply message, creating 39
  information reply message 39
  log-file value 66
  mail routes 45
  number of running processes 48
  vacation message, creating 38
Default Echo-Mode Reply Message field 39
Default Max Concurrent Network Servers field 48
Default Reply-Mode Reply Message field 39
Default User Disk Quota field 49
Default Vacation-Mode Reply Message field 38
deleting the mailbox 110
deliver agent 75
  in message channel 75
delivery
  IMAP4 78
  POP3 78
  program 79
  Unix 79
delivery options
  Unix 51
Delivery Options field (Unix) 51
Delivery Options fields 26
Delivery status notification 13
DelMbx 110
  and email accounts 22
  databases 82
  entries 22, 40
  services 72, 82
Directory Server 20, 40, 72, 82
disk quota 49
Disk Quota Exceeded error 46
Disk Quota Exceeded field 45
disk space 49
dispatcher 54, 71, 72
  defined 54
  logging 66
  role in architecture 72
DNS 25, 44, 48, 57
  configuration 31
Do nothing option 65
domain name
  fully-qualified 26, 31
domain name service 25, 44, 48, 57
  configuration 31
domains 32, 47, 48, 68
  changing 46
  completing for received mail 47
  list of local 47

E

echo reply message, default 39
email accounts 22, 24
  and directory entries 22
email addresses
  alternate (group) 30
  alternate (user) 25
  primary (group) 29
  primary (user) 24
encryption 12, 53
  forms 58-60
entries
  directory 40
  user and group 40
error actions, specifying 45
Error Handler, 81
  logging 66
Error Handler Action form 67, 68, 69
error messages 67
  Max Hops Exceeded 45
  notification messages 68
  overview 67
  processing 67, 69
  routing through error handler 81
  Unknown Local Account 45
errors
  Disk Quota Exceeded 46
  Max Hops Exceeded 46
  Unknown Local Account 46
executable directory
  permissions and 55

F

Fidonet gateway, routing to 44
fields
  Access Domains 26
  Address Completion Domain 47
  Addresses for Forward Delivery 40
  Allowed Sender Domains 32
  Allowed Senders 33
  Alternate Email Addresses (group) 30
  alternate email addresses (user) 25
  Always Defer Delivery 43
  Auto-Reply Mode 27
  Auto-Reply Text 28
  Default Echo-Mode Reply Message 39
  Default Max Concurrent Network Servers 48
  Default Reply-Mode Reply Message 39
  Default User Disk Quota 49
  Default Vacation-Mode Reply
Message 38
  Delivery Options 26, 51
  Disk Quota Exceeded 45
  Forward Delivery 27
  LDAP Criteria for Generating CC List 31
  List of CC Recipients 31
  Local Mail Delivery Program 51
  Local Mail Domains 47
  Log Directory 66
  Lookup Client Machine Names 48
  Mail Quota 26
  Max Hops Exceeded 45
  Maximum Message Size 32
  Maximum MTA Hops 43
  Maximum MTA Hops Exceeded 45
  Maximum Queue Time 48
  Message Store Path 26
  Messaging Server 50
  Messaging Server (group) 31
  Messaging Server (user) 26
  Minimum Free Disk Space 49
  Personal Description 28
  Primary Email Address (group) 29
  Primary Email Address (User) 24
  Program Delivery 27
  Queue Processing Interval 47
  Queued Mail Processing Interval 43
  Quota Exceeded Message 39
  Recommended Account Management URL for Mail Users 49
  Rejection Notice 33
  Send Errors To 30
  SMTP Mail Routing Table 44
  UNIX Delivery 27
  Unknown Local Account 43, 45
  Verify each recipient's address 44
file delivery, compatibility with sendmail 85
finger 48
  services 82
finger queries
  for host, messages in response to 38
Finger Server
  logging 66
finger firewalls
  default routes and 45
  message rerouting and 44
format for SMTP mail routing table 44
forms
  configuring mail server with 13
  Error-Handler Action 67, 68, 69
  IMAP Encryption and Authentication 58
  List of Queued Mail 64, 65
  Logging Preferences 50, 64, 65-67
  Mail Group Information 28
  Mail User Information 24, 50, 51
  Message Stores 50
  Security Preferences 59
  Single Copy On/Off 50
  SMTP Aliases 42
  SMTP Channel 43-46
  SMTP Channel Aliases 40
  SMTP Channel Options 43
  SNMP Configuration 63, 64
  SNMP Subagent Control 64
  System 46
  System Configuration 43
  Unix Mail 51
Forward Delivery 40
Forward Delivery field 27
forward slash 17
FQDN 26, 31
fully-qualified domain name 26, 31

G

group accounts 54
managing 28
group forms, working with 23

H

handler
account 80
handlers 73
hiding the hostname in addresses 25
hostname 25, 47, 57
hostname hiding 25
address completion and 47

I

IMAP Encryption and Authentication form 58
IMAP Server
  logging 66
  log files for 67
IMAP4 48, 49
  authentication 12
  delivery 26, 78
  encryption 12, 58
  login 57
information reply message, default 39
intermittently connected sites
  queuing mail for 43
Internet Protocol (IP) address 48, 57

L

LDAP 12, 20, 31, 40, 82
  criteria 32
  filter 32
  lookup 44
LDAP Criteria for Generating CC List field 31
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 12, 20
List of CC Recipients field 31
List of Queued Mail form 64, 65
local delivery channel 73, 77
local delivery channels
  POP3 message delivery and 78
  program delivery (UNIX) and 79
  role in architecture 77
  UNIX message delivery and 79
Local Mail Delivery Program field 51
local mail domains (LMDs)
  list of, in System form 47
Local Mail Domains field 47
Log Directory field 66
log file
  default value of 66
  moving 66
  viewing 67
Logging Preferences form 64
login name 57
  Unix 27
logs, server 64
Lookup Client Machine Names field 48

M

mail
  accounts 49
  aliases 30
  loops, preventing 43
  queue 43
  routing 40, 43, 44
mail forwarding
  compatibility with sendmail 85
Mail Group Information form 28, 29
mail queue 43
  checking 65
  checking via command line 87, 104
  checking with sendmail 87
  configuring 46
  delivering via command line (UNIX) 105
  for intermittently connected sites 43
  processing 64
  specifying attempted-delivery intervals 47
  specifying message time in queue 48
Mail Quota field 26
mail routing 40, 43, 44
mail routing tables (MRTs)
  defaults used in 45
  specifying in SMTP Channel form 44
Mail User Information form 24, 50, 51
  program delivery and 101, 102
mail users 49
mailbox
  deleting 110
Mailbox Deliver
  logging 66
mailbox directory
  permissions and 55
mailboxes
  moving 110
maildrop file 54
  permissions and 54
mailing lists
  compatibility with sendmail 86
mailq command 87, 104
manager
  Messaging Server 22
Managing group accounts 28
managing user accounts 24
master agent, SNMP 64
Max Hops Exceeded error 46
Max Hops Exceeded field 45
Maximum Message Size field 32
Maximum MTA Hops Exceeded field 45
Maximum MTA Hops field 43
Maximum Queue Time field 48
message channels 73
  components of 75
  hops 43
  role in architecture 74
message queue 47, 48
  processing 64
Message quotas 13
message size 32
message store, single copy 13, 50
Message Store Path field 26
Message Stores form 50
message transfer agent 71, 73, 75
  error handler 81
  handlers in 79
message transfer agents (MTAs)
  account handler and 80
  components of 73
  local delivery channels in 77
  message channels in 74
  role in architecture 73
MessageHostName 31
messages
  error 67
  notification 68
  transferring from one channel to another 76
Messaging Server
  architecture 71-82
  compatibility with sendmail 83-91
  daemon 54
  dispatcher, logging 66
  finger service 82
  manager 22
  security 53
  service 54
Messaging Server field (group) 31
Messaging Server field (user) 26, 50
Minimum Free Disk Space field 49
Minimum Message Size option 50
module configuration database 73
module configuration database
MoveUser 110
moving users' mailboxes 110
MTA 71, 73, 75
  error handler 81
  handlers in 79
  user account and group 54
MTA-migrate 114
MX records 44

N

name lookup, on connecting client machines 48
naming conventions 16
network management, remote 13
NIS 44
No Program Deliveries file, removing for program deliveries 99
notification messages 68
notification, delivery status 13
NscpMail command 103
NscpMail shutdown command 104

O

options
  Do nothing 65
  Minimum Message Size 50
  Select the Expire 65
  Select the Process 65

P

password 57
pathname conventions 17
permissions 53
Personal Description field 28
plug-in API 14
POP (Post Office Protocol) delivery 26, 28, 78
POP3 48, 49, 54
  delivery 78
  login 57
POP3 Server
  log files for 67
  logging 66
port operations 103-105
postmaster 33-34, 67
postoffice directory
  permissions and 55
primary address, defined 24, 29
Primary Email Address field (group) 29
Primary Email Address field (user) 24
processes, default number of running 48
processing
  error messages 69
  the queue 43
processq command 105
Program Deliver
  logging 67
program delivery 79
  compatibility with sendmail 85
  configuring for 98
  defined 79
  setting up via Account form (postmaster) 101, 102
  terms related to 95
Program Delivery field 27
program-delivery module, disabling 101

Q

Queue Processing Interval field 47
queue
  messages 47, 48, 64
  processing 43, 64
Queued Mail Processing Interval field 43
Quota Exceeded Message field 39
quota
  disk 49
  message 13

R

Recommended Account Management URL for Mail Users field 49
Rejection Notice field 33
remote configuration and management 13
remote network management 13
reports
server 64
View Logs 67
required group (postmaster) 33-34
restricted environment, in program delivery 95
routing agent 75
routing agents, in message channels 75
routing, mail 40, 43, 44
runtime permissions, security and 53, 54

S

security
  access domains and 55
  domain names vs. IP addresses 56
  finger service and 82
  of system 53
  runtime permissions and 54
Security form
  configuring security options with 58, 59
security forms 53
security options, configuring with Security form 58, 59
Select the Expire option 65
Select the Process option 65
Send Errors To field 30
sendmail
  alternate names for 88
  checking mail queue with 87
  command-line compatibility 86
  command-line reference 88
  functional compatibility 84
  options 91
  sending mail with sendmail replacement 86
  starting server with sendmail replacement 87
Server Administration page, using 21
server logs and reports 64
servers
  accessing the Administration Server 21
  Administration 20
  Directory 20, 40, 72, 82
service 54
Setting up an SMTP channel alias 42
setuid-root program, in program delivery 95
shutting down system via the Unix command-line 104
SIMAP4 Server
  logging 66
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) 12, 48, 54, 73
  See also SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) channel
  as example of message channel 75
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) 13, 62-64
  See also SNMP
single copy message store 13, 50
Single Copy On/Off form 50
slash conventions 17
SMTP 12, 48, 54, 73
  compatibility with sendmail 84
SMTP Accept
  logging 66
SMTP Aliases form 42
SMTP channel 40-44, 73, 76
  channel aliases and 40-44
SMTP channel aliases 40-44
  setting up 42
SMTP Channel Aliases form 40-44
SMTP Channel Options form 43-46
SMTP Deliver
  logging 67
SMTP Mail Routing table 43
  format 44
SMTP Mail Routing Table field 44
SMTP Router
  logging 67
SNMP 13, 62-64
  master agent 64
  subagent, restarting 64
SNMP Configuration form 63, 64
SNMP Master Agent Control form 64
SNMP Subagent Control form 64
SNMP subagent
   log 64
  restarting 64
starting
  the Administration Server 20
  the Messaging Server 36
Starting the system via the Unix command line 103
status, delivery 13
stopping
  the Administration Server 20
  the Messaging Server 36
superuser 54
System Configuration form 46-49
system configuration 46-49
system security 53-57

T

trusted program, in program delivery 95
trusted-program directory
in program delivery 95
setting up for program delivery 100
typeface conventions 17

U

Unix
  checking mail queue via command line 104
  command-line 103, 104
  command-line operations 103-105
  delivering queued mail 105
  login name 27
  mail 27
  maildrop file. permissions and 54
  message delivery 51, 79
  starting system via command-line 103
Unix Deliver
  logging 67
Unix delivery 51, 79
  enabling via Mail User Information form 27
  options 51
UNIX Delivery field 27
Unix Mail form 51
Unknown Local Account error 46
Unknown Local Account field 43, 45
URL 49
user accounts 24, 54
user and group entries 40
user and group forms 23
user forms, working with 23
utilities
  CheckPO 105
  command line 105
  DelMbx 110
  MoveUser 110
  MTA-migrate 114
UUCP gateway 44
  routing to 44

V

vacation message, default 38
valid shells, in program delivery 96, 100
Verify each recipient's address field 44
verifying addresses 44
View Logs report 67

W

working with user and group forms 23

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