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Overview of Sun Internet Mail Server 4.0 |
SunTM Internet Mail ServerTM (SIMS) 4.0 provides a mail solution for the service providers (SPs), enabling them to expand their service offerings from residential to business outsourcing.
SIMS 4.0's key functionality includes virtual hosted domains and delegated management capabilities.
Topics in this chapter include:
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What has changed in SIMS 4.0 |
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SIMS 4.0 product features |
The following is a list of changes from SIMS 3.5 to SIMS 4.0:
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Addition of new features included in the "SIMS 4.0 Product Features" |
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Delegated Management capabilities--provisioning and utilities |
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Support for hosted domain in all components |
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Support of DC DIT tree structure |
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Removal of the OSI DIT tree structure |
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Support for the Netscape Directory Services server |
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Support of the Netscape browser for the SIMS Administration Console |
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Support of the remote LDAP server |
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Support of the SIMS optional features for the SIMS High Availability |
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Replacement of Java Web Server for Sun Web Access with Sun Web Server |
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Replacement of SunDS 1.0 with SunDS 3.1 |
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Support of services-level restrictions |
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Removal of the Enterprise edition |
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Removal of the Departmental edition |
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Removal of software-enforced licensing |
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Removal of pure-proxy SIMS installation |
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Removal of migration from SIMS 3.x to SIMS 4.0 |
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Support of Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 2.7 operating environments |
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Support of the SIMS High Availability system with SunCluster 2.2 |
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Migration tools for migrating directory data from previous releases available by contacting Sun |
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Removal of product support for optional Sun Messaging Connectivity Services, which is now available through a 3rd part provider. |
This section shows the features that the SIMS 4.0 product offers based on its individual components. Items that are identified as New are specific to the 4.0 release.
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Powerful anti-spam configuration with anti-relaying |
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SMTP authentication |
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POP before SMTP authentication New |
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Scalable channel architecture |
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Domain hosting support New |
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DNS canonicalization to qualify non-FQDN names and normalize hostname aliases New |
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SDK for custom application development |
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Extensive address rewriting (including address reversal) and channel management facilities |
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Pipe channels supporting the IMTA through native Solaris programs |
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Domain hosting support New |
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Multithreaded POP3/IMAP4 Server |
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APOP authentication for POP3 New |
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POP before SMTP connection New |
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Concurrent access to any message folder New |
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Secure Socket Layer (SSL) messages access New |
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Integrated proxy server |
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Integrated backup/restore utilities |
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Domain hosting support New |
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Domain and user provision New |
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HTML-based |
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Brandable |
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Single integrated UI to view email, directory, and calendar |
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Message attachment support |
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Sun Web Access server support New |
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High Availability support New |
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Domain-level user creation and management |
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Domain-level distribution list and management |
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End-user personal preferences setup |
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Customizable and brandable |
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HTML-based application |
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Netscape browser support New |
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Domain creation and deletion New |
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Domain service restrictions set up New |
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Domain-level user creation and management New |
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Distribution list setup and management New |
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Server statistics |
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Server components configuration |
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Server monitoring and queue status |
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Starting and stopping server |
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Purging deleted entries |
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Domain creation and management New |
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Domain and user authorized service restrictions New |
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Domain-level user creation and management New |
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Delegated administrator creation New |
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Bulk-loading new domain-level users New |
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Changing user authorized services New |
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Distribution list setup and management New |
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Service and performance monitoring New |
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Netscape Directory Services 4.1 support New |
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Sun Directory Services 3.1 support New |
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Multiprotocol, distributed, scalable, client/server-based global directory |
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LDAP v3 server New |
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Server failure rollover New |
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LDAP address referral in master/slave configuration New |
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Remote LDAP sever support New |
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Remote user authentication New |
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Domain Component (DC) tree structure support New |
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Message Transfer Agent SDK |
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SIMS 4.0 Documentation Set |
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Remote Administration Console |