IMTA Topics and Tasks

TABLE  4-1   Message Transport Topics and Tasks
Topic/Task
Description
Page

IMTA Maintenance Tasks  

Stopping, starting, and restarting the IMTA. Stopping, starting, and restarting Connectivity Service Channels. Also Backup and restore of IMTA configuration.  

97  

Notary Message Locale  

Changing the language of notary messages.  

100  

Monitoring Channel Status  

View the operating status of the SIMS channels  

101  

Alternative Delivery Programs  

Providing user access to alternative delivery programs.  

102  

Alias Synchronization Schedule  

Schedule when the IMTA directory cache is incrementally or fully up-dated with the latest directory information in the directory service.  

104  

SMTP Access and Relay Restrictions  

Restrict/limit access or delivery of messages from specified email and IP addresses. Spam control, limiting email access, etc.  

106  

IMTA Location Relative to Public Internet  

Specify location of the IMTA relative to a firewall.  

113  

Routability Scope  

Specify to whom IMTA can route messages--users, domains etc.  

114  

Channels  

This section and its subsections below describe channel configuration.  

117  

Configuring Channels  

Creating channels, channel descriptions, configuring SMTP router hosts, setting character set labels.  

118  

Message Limitation  

Set message size limitations.  

125  

Delivery Status Notification  

Specify how delivery failure message is handled.  

126  

Diagnostics Output  

Writing master/slave diagnostic output to a log file  

128  

Performance Tuning  

Specify the maximum number of recipients for a single message at which message processing is deferred on the SMTP channel.  

129  

Message Logging  

Configure channel so that it logs as each message enters and is removed from the queue  

130  

Reassembling MIME Messages  

Enable the Sun Message Store channel, /var/mail channel, and pipe channel to reassemble MIME fragmented messages.  

131  

Rewrite Rules  

Add, delete, or modify channel rewrite rules.  

132  

Monitoring Channel Queues  

Monitor accumulated message traffic statistics for each IMTA channel queue.  

135  

Viewing Enqueued Messages  

View a list of the messages currently stored in the channel queue.  

138  

Connectivity Channels  

See the Sun Messaging Connectivity Services Channel Guides  

139  

IMTA Error Messages  

Appendix E, "Error Messages  

359  




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