Index


A

Access control
definition of,67

Address rewrite rules
definition of,60

Administration
services for,104

Administration server
definition of,102

Administration utilities
features of,35
overview of,39

Anti-spamming
definition of,10

Authentication
APOP for POP3,96
domain hosting,48
SMTP,64

C

Configuration
domain hosting,46
SIMS as proxy,13

Consumer hosting
scenario,21

D

Delegated administrator
definition of,48
tasks and tools for,108

Delegated management console
administration of,107
administrators tasks and tools,108
definition of,9, 47
features of,34
overview of,38
tasks of,108, 110

Delegated management server
definition of,47
overview of,38

Deployment
scenarios of,17

Deployment scenarios
consumer hosting,17, 21
horizontal scaleability,27
virtual hosting,24

Directory information tree
definition of,73
SIMS 3.5,73
SIMS 4.0,73

Directory services
definition of,71, 72
features of,35
overview of,37
password management,81
replication,81

Distribution lists
definition of,65

Domain hosting
authentication,48
components,47
definition of,45, 46
delegated administrator,48
delegated management console,47
delegated management server,47
LDAP directory,48

E

Email messages
structure of,56

Enterprise messaging
topology,12
topology with workgroup,13

Envelopes
definition of,56

H

High Availability
overview of,40

Horizontal scalability
definition of,8
scenario,27

I

IMTA
address rewrite rules,60
channel processing,54
delivery attempts,55
directory cache,59
features of,33
message arrival,53
operations of,55
overview of,36, 52
structure of,52
transportation methods,53
transportation routes,53
waiting room,54

Internet messaging
definition of,1, 2
standards,2

L

LDAP directory
definition of,48

M

Mail folders
definition of,95

Message access
services specifications,97

Message store
architecture of,90
connections,96
definition of,89
features of,90
mail folders,95
protocols,96, 97
Sun OpenWindows Mail tool format conversion,95
user identification,90, 93

Message store/access
features of,34
overview of,37

Message transfer SDK
overview of,41

Messages
envelopes,56
headers and contents,57
structure of,56

Monitoring tools
definition of,10

P

POP3/IMAP4 protocol
overview of,37

Provisioning
definition of,9

Proxy
SIMS as,13

R

Remote Administration console
overview of,40

Replication
description of,81

Restrictions
domain hosting,49

Rewrite rules
definition of,60

S

Scenarios
consumer hosting,21
horizontal scalability,27
virtual hosting,24

Security
mail server authorities,102, 103

Server man pages
overview of,40

Service providers
definition of,1
messaging topology,13

SIMS
architecture of,31
benefits,4
components of,32, 36
definition of,3
deployment scenarios for,17
key features,7
new key features,5
optional components,32, 33
topology,11

SIMS Administration console
definition of,99
features of,34
overview of,39, 101
services,100

SIMS administrator
definition of,104, 105

SIMS component
POP3/IMAP4 protocol,37
Sun Web Access Server,38

SIMS components
Administration console,39
Administrative utilities,39
Delegated management console,38
Delegated management server,38
Directory services,37
High Availability system,40
IMTA,36
list of,36
Message store/access,37
Message transfer SDK,41
Remote administration console,40
Server man pages,40

SIMS features
Administration console,34
Administration utilities,35
Delegated management console,34
Directory services,35
IMTA,33
Message store/access,34
Sun Web Access Server,34

SIMS key features
anti-spamming,10
Delegated management console,9
monitoring tools,10
provisioning,9
vertical and horizontal scaleability,8
virtual hosting,8

SMTP
authentication,64

SMTP relay host
consumer hosting,21
horizontal scalability,29
virtual hosting,26

Sun Internet Mail Server
definition of,3

Sun Web Access Server
features of,34
overview of,38

T

Topology
consumer hosting,21
enterprise messaging,12
horizontal scalability,27
virtual hosting,24

U

UNIX files system,103

User identification
message store,93

V

Vertical scalability
definition of,8

Virtual hosting
definition of,8
scenario,24



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