DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor Server Guide

Order Number: AA-R6BGA-TE

Revision/Update Information:  Version 3.0

Digital Equipment Corporation

First Printing, September 1997

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Contents

Preface

Part I Planning

1 Planning to Use the DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor

1.1 Overview of DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor

1.1.1 What Mail Monitor Does

1.1.2 How You Use Mail Monitor

1.2 How DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor Works

1.2.1 The Client

1.2.1.1 Interface to the Windows NT Client

1.2.1.2 Interfaces to the Motif Client

1.2.2 The Server

1.2.3 The Scanning Modules

1.2.4 The Management Modules

1.3 Overview of Installation Planning Needs

1.3.1 Installing the Client

1.3.2 Installing the Server and the Scanning Modules

1.4 Things You Need to Plan

1.4.1 Domains and Servers

1.4.2 Scanning Modules

1.4.3 Transport

1.4.3.1 Transport Planning Issues for the Motif Client

1.4.3.2 Transport Planning Issues for the Windows Client

1.4.4 Licensing Options

Part II Setup

2 Setting Up the Server

2.1 After the Installation

2.1.1 Modifying the Startup File for OpenVMS Systems

2.1.2 Setting the Object Characteristics in an OpenVMS Cluster

2.1.3 Modifying the Startup File for DIGITAL UNIX Systems

2.2 The Configuration File

2.2.1 Tasks for Changing Server Configuration

2.2.2 Entries in the Configuration File

2.2.2.1 Authorizing the Client

2.2.2.2 Defining a Server

2.2.2.3 Setting Up Local Values

2.2.2.4 Setting Up a Scanning Module Entity

3 Setting Up the Scanning Modules

3.1 Tasks for Changing Scanner Configuration

3.2 Defining Commands for the Control Module

3.2.1 Defining a Password for the Control Module

3.2.2 Defining Control Module Commands for a DIGITAL UNIX or Windows NT Server

3.2.3 Defining Control Module Commands for the OpenVMS Server

3.3 Generic Configuration

3.3.1 The Process Section

3.3.1.1 General Rules for Processes

3.3.1.2 Values for Process Checks

3.3.2 The File Section

3.3.2.1 General Rules for Files

3.3.2.2 Values for File Checks

3.3.3 The Device Section

3.3.3.1 General Rules for Devices

3.3.3.2 Values for Device Checks

3.3.4 The EventLog Section

3.3.4.1 General Rules for the Event Log

3.3.4.2 Values for Event Log Checks

3.3.5 The NCL_Entity Section (on DIGITAL UNIX and OpenVMS Systems)

3.3.5.1 General Rules for NCL Entity Checks

3.3.5.2 Values for NCL Entity Checks

3.3.6 The File_Count Section (on DIGITAL UNIX and OpenVMS Systems)

3.3.6.1 General Rules for File Count

3.3.6.2 Values for File Count Checks

3.3.7 The NTService Section (on Windows NT Systems)

3.3.7.1 General Rules for the NT Service

3.3.7.2 Values for NT Service Checks

3.3.8 The Performance Section (on Windows NT Systems)

3.3.8.1 General Rules for Performance Checks

3.3.8.2 Values for Performance Checks

3.3.9 The Logical Section (on OpenVMS Systems)

3.3.9.1 General Rules for Logical Names

3.3.9.2 Values for Logical Name Checks

3.3.10 The Image Section (on OpenVMS Systems)

3.3.10.1 General Rules for Images

3.3.10.2 Values for Image Checks

3.3.11 The Env Section (on Digital UNIX Systems)

3.3.11.1 General Rules for Environment Variable

3.3.11.2 Values for Environment Variable Checks

3.3.12 The Service Section (on DIGITAL UNIX Systems)

3.3.12.1 General Rules for Service Checks

3.3.12.2 Values for Service Checks

3.4 Module-Specific Configuration

3.5 Configuring Scanning Modules Specific to Windows NT Systems

3.5.1 Customizing the Configuration and Initialization Files on a Windows NT System

3.5.2 Microsoft Exchange Server (XCH)

3.5.3 PING

3.6 Configuring Scanning Modules Specific to OpenVMS Systems

3.6.1 Customizing the Configuration and Initialization Files on an OpenVMS System

3.6.2 ALL-IN-1 IOS Version 3.1 (A1V3)

3.6.2.1 The A1Config Section

3.6.2.2 The A1MailAreas Section

3.6.2.3 The A1Queue Section

3.6.2.4 The A1SharedDirectories Section

3.6.2.5 The A1Symbol Section

3.6.2.6 The A1Time Section

3.6.2.7 The Account Section

3.6.2.8 The Dynamics Section

3.6.2.9 The Message_Severity Section

3.6.2.10 The Processes Section

3.6.2.11 The Queue Section

3.6.2.12 The Shutdown Section

3.6.3 DIGITAL Office Server V4.0 (OFFSVR)

3.6.3.1 The A1Config Section

3.6.3.2 The A1MailAreas Section

3.6.3.3 The A1Queue Section

3.6.3.4 The A1SharedDirectories Section

3.6.3.5 The A1Symbol Section

3.6.3.6 The A1Time Section

3.6.3.7 The Account Section

3.6.3.8 The Dynamics Section

3.6.3.9 The Message_Severity Section

3.6.3.10 The Processes Section

3.6.3.11 The Queue Section

3.6.3.12 The Shutdown Section

3.6.4 DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service for OpenVMS Systems (X500)

3.6.4.1 The DXIM Configuration Section

3.6.4.2 The DSA Information Tree Section

3.6.5 MailWorks for OpenVMS (DMW)

3.6.5.1 The Message_Severity Section

3.6.5.2 The Language_Files Section

3.6.5.3 The Language Section

3.6.5.4 The MUAS_Batch Section

3.6.6 MAILbus 400 Message Router Gateway (XMR)

3.6.6.1 The Message_Severity Section

3.6.6.2 The XMR_Routing Section

3.6.6.3 The XMR_TranslationTable Section

3.6.6.4 The Bodypart Mapping Table Section

3.6.7 MAILbus 400 MTA for OpenVMS (MB400)

3.6.7.1 The Queue Section

3.6.8 PING

3.7 Configuring Scanning Modules Specific to DIGITAL UNIX Systems

3.7.1 Customizing the Configuration and Initialization Files on a DIGITAL UNIX System

3.7.2 DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service for Digital UNIX Systems (X500)

3.7.2.1 The DXIM Configuration Section

3.7.2.2 The DSA Information Tree Section

3.7.3 MailWorks for DIGITAL UNIX (DMO)

3.7.3.1 The Paths Section

3.7.3.2 The LogFile Section

3.7.3.3 The Language Section

3.7.3.4 The Link Section

3.7.4 MAILbus 400 MTA for DIGITAL UNIX (MB400)

3.7.4.1 The Queue Section

3.7.5 MAILbus 400 Message Store

3.7.5.1 The Software_Version Section

3.7.5.2 The MessageStore_Names Section

3.7.5.3 The Message Store Specifics Section

3.7.6 MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway (XSMTP)

3.7.6.1 The Software_Version Section

3.7.7 PING

Part III Reference

4 Commands

4.1 Stopping and Starting a Windows NT Server

4.2 Stopping and Starting an OpenVMS Server

4.3 Stopping and Starting a DIGITAL UNIX Server

5 The Control Module

5.1 Default Commands

5.1.1 Default Commands on the Windows NT Server

5.1.2 Default Commands on an OpenVMS System

5.1.3 Default Commands on a DIGITAL UNIX Server

6 Default Checks for Windows NT Scanning Modules

6.1 The Microsoft Exchange Server (XCH) Scanning Module

6.1.1 XCH Checks on Devices

6.1.2 XCH Checks for Files

6.1.3 XCH Checks on Processes

6.1.4 XCH Checks on NT Events

6.1.5 XCH Checks on NT Performance

6.1.6 XCH Checks on NT Services

6.2 The PING Scanning Module

7 Default Checks for OpenVMS Scanning Modules

7.1 The ALL-IN-1 IOS (A1V3) Scanning Module

7.1.1 A1V3 Checks on Files

7.1.2 A1V3 Checks on Images

7.1.3 A1V3 Checks on Logical Names

7.1.4 A1V3 Checks on Processes

7.2 The DIGITAL Office Server (OFFSVR) Scanning Module

7.2.1 OFFSVR Checks on Files

7.2.2 OFFSVR Checks on Images

7.2.3 OFFSVR Checks on Logical Names

7.2.4 OFFSVR Checks on Processes

7.3 The DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service (X500) Scanning Module

7.3.1 X500 Checks on Devices

7.3.2 X500 Checks on the DXIM Database

7.3.3 X500 Checks on Events (DECnet-Plus)

7.3.4 X500 Checks on Files

7.3.5 X500 Checks for Image Versions

7.3.6 X500 Checks on Processes

7.4 X500 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

7.5 The MAILbus 400 (MB400) Scanning Module

7.5.1 MB400 Checks on Devices

7.5.2 MB400 Checks on Events (DECnet-Plus)

7.5.3 MB400 Checks on Files

7.5.4 MB400 Checks for Image Versions

7.5.5 MB400 Checks on Processes

7.5.6 MB400 Checks on Queues

7.6 MB400 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

7.7 MAILbus 400 Message Router Gateway (XMR) Scanning Module

7.7.1 XMR Checks on Devices

7.7.2 XMR Checks on Events (DECnet-Plus)

7.7.3 XMR Checks on Files

7.7.4 XMR Checks on Images

7.7.5 XMR Checks on Logical Names

7.7.6 XMR Checks on Processes

7.7.7 XMR - Further Checks

7.8 XMR Module - NCL Entity Checks

7.9 The MailWorks Scanning Module

7.9.1 DMW - MailWorks Locations, Version and Device Information

7.9.2 DMW Checks on Batch Jobs and Queues

7.9.3 DMW Checks on Files

7.9.4 DMW Checks on Languages

7.9.5 DMW Checks on Logical Names

7.9.6 DMW Checks on Message Counters

7.9.7 DMW Checks on Message Router

7.9.8 DMW Checks on Processes

7.10 The Message Router (MR) Scanning Module

7.10.1 MR Checks on Logical Names

7.10.2 MR Checks on the MB Process

7.10.3 MR Checks on the TS Process

7.10.4 MR Checks on Synchronization

7.10.5 MR - Further Checks

7.11 The Message Router Directory Service (DDS) Scanning Module

7.11.1 DDS Checks on Files

7.11.2 DDS Checks on Logical Names

7.11.3 DDS Checks on Processes

7.11.4 DDS Checks on Records

7.11.5 DDS - Further Checks

7.12 The Message Router VMSmail Gateway (MRG) Scanning Module

7.12.1 MRG Checks on Batch Jobs

7.12.2 MRG Checks on Files and Records

7.12.3 MRG Checks on Logical Names

7.12.4 MRG Checks on Synchronization

7.13 The Message Router/P Gateway (MRP) Scanning Module

7.13.1 MRP Checks on Batch Jobs

7.13.2 MRP Checks on Files and Records

7.13.3 MRP Checks on Logical Names

7.13.4 MRP Checks on Processes

7.14 The Message Router/S Gateway (MRS) Scanning Module

7.14.1 MRS Checks on Batch Jobs

7.14.2 MRS Checks on Files and Records

7.14.3 MRS Checks on Logical Names

7.14.4 MRS Checks on Processes

7.15 The Message Router Telex Gateway (MRT) Scanning Module

7.15.1 MRT Checks on Logical Names

7.15.2 MRT Checks on Processes

7.15.3 MRT Checks on Queues

7.16 The Message Router X.400 Gateway (MRX) Scanning Module

7.16.1 MRX Checks on Files and Records

7.16.2 MRX Checks for Logical Names

7.16.3 MRX Checks on Processes

7.17 The PING Scanning Module

8 Default Checks for DIGITAL UNIX Scanning Modules

8.1 The DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service (X500) Scanning Module

8.1.1 X500 Checks on the DXIM Database

8.1.2 X500 Checks on Events (DECnet-Plus)

8.1.3 Checks on Files

8.1.4 X500 Checks on Processes

8.1.5 X500 Checks for Space

8.2 X500 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

8.3 The MAILbus 400 (MB400) Scanning Module

8.3.1 MB400 Checks on Devices

8.3.2 MB400 Checks on Events (DECnet-Plus)

8.3.3 MB400 Checks on Files

8.3.4 MB400 Checks on Processes

8.3.5 MB400 Checks on Queues

8.4 MB400 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

8.5 The MAILbus 400 Message Store (XMS) Scanning Module

8.5.1 XMS Checks on Devices

8.5.2 XMS Checks on Events (DECnet-Plus)

8.5.3 XMS Checks on Files

8.5.4 XMS Checks on Processes

8.6 XMS Module - NCL Entity Checks

8.7 The MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway (XSMTP) Scanning Module

8.7.1 XSMTP Checks on Devices

8.7.2 XSMTP Checks on Events (DECnet-Plus)

8.7.3 XSMTP Checks on Files

8.7.4 XSMTP Checks on Processes

8.8 XSMTP Module - NCL Entity Checks

8.9 The MailWorks (DMO) Scanning Module

8.9.1 DMO - MailWorks File Locations and Device Information

8.9.2 DMO - Checks on Files

8.9.3 DMO - Checks on Languages

8.9.4 DMO - Checks on Links

8.9.5 DMO - Checks on the MAILbus 400 MTA

8.9.6 DMO - Checks on Processes

8.9.7 DMO - Checks on Services

8.10 The PING Scanning Module

9 Files Installed

9.1 Mail Monitor Files on a Windows NT System

9.2 Mail Monitor Files on an OpenVMS System

9.2.1 Server Files

9.2.2 Scanning Module Files

9.3 Mail Monitor Files on a DIGITAL UNIX System

9.3.1 Server Files

9.3.2 Scanning Module Files

Index

Examples

2-1 Configuration File Entry

Figures

1-1 Components of Mail Monitor

1-2 Relaying Scanning Information from the Windows NT Server

1-3 Sending Scanning Information Directly from the Windows NT Server

1-4 Relaying Scanning Information to the Windows NT Client

1-5 Relaying Scanning Information from a V2.0 or Earlier Server

2-1 Example Settings (Authorization)

Tables

1-1 Entities Scanned by Mail Monitor on Windows NT Systems

1-2 Entities Scanned by Mail Monitor on OpenVMS Systems

1-3 Entities Scanned by Mail Monitor on DIGITAL UNIX Systems

3-1 Mail and Directory Resources

3-2 Mail and Directory Resources

5-1 Control Management Module - Windows NT

5-2 Control Management Module - OpenVMS

5-3 Control Management Module - UNIX

7-1 A1V3 Image Checks in OA$EXE

7-2 A1V3 Image Checks in SYS$SYSTEM

7-3 A1V3 Image Checks in SYS$SHARE

7-4 OFFSVR Image Checks in OA$EXE

7-5 OFFSVR Image Checks in SYS$SYSTEM

7-6 OFFSVR Image Checks in SYS$SHARE

7-7 X500 Checks for Files in DXD$DIRECTORY

7-8 X500 Checks for Files in DECW$SYSTEM_DEFAULTS

7-9 X500 Checks for Files in SYS$HELP

7-10 X500 Checks for Files in SYS$LIBRARY

7-11 X500 Checks for Files in SYS$SHARE

7-12 X500 Checks for Files in SYS$STARTUP

7-13 X500 Checks for Files in SYS$SYSTEM

7-14 X500 Checks for Files in SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSTEST.DXD]

7-15 X500 Checks for Files in SYS$TEST

7-16 X500 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

7-17 MB400 Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[MTA]

7-18 MB400 Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[MTA.CONVERTERS]

7-19 MB400 Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[MTA.TEMPLATE_FILES]

7-20 MB400 Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]

7-21 MB400 Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]

7-22 MB400 Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[SYSMGR]

7-23 MB400 Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[SYS$STARTUP]

7-24 MB400 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

7-25 XMR Checks for Files in SYS$COMMON:[XMR$]

7-26 XMR Checks for Files in SYS$HELP

7-27 XMR Checks for Files in SYS$MANAGER

7-28 XMR Checks for Files in SYS$MESSAGE

7-29 XMR Checks for Files in SYS$STARTUP

7-30 XMR Checks for Files in SYS$TEST

7-31 XMR Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

7-32 DMW Checks for Files in A1MAIL$LIBRARY

7-33 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$SYSDEVICE:

7-34 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$HELP

7-35 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$LIBRARY

7-36 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$MESSAGE

7-37 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$SHARE

7-38 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$STARTUP

7-39 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$SYSTEM

7-40 DMW Checks for Files in SYS$TEST

8-1 X500 Checks for Files in /usr/share/dna/dict

8-2 X500 Checks for Files in /etc/

8-3 X500 Checks for Files in /usr/bin

8-4 X500 Checks for Files in /usr/include

8-5 X500 Checks for Files in /var/dxd

8-6 X500 Checks for Files in /usr/lib

8-7 X500 Checks for Files in /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US.ISO8859-1

8-8 X500 Checks for Files in /usr/lib/X11

8-9 X500 Checks for Files in /usr/sbin

8-10 X500 Checks for Files in /var/dxd/scripts

8-11 X500 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

8-12 MB400 Checks for Files in /usr/doc

8-13 MB400 Checks for Files in /usr/sbin/mta

8-14 MB400 Checks for Files in /usr/sbin/mta/converters/ipm

8-15 MB400 Checks for Files in /var/mta/scripts

8-16 MB400 Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

8-17 XMS Checks for Files in /usr/sbin/xms/

8-18 XMS Checks for Files in /usr/share/dna

8-19 XMS Checks for Files in /var/xms/scripts

8-20 Further XMS Checks for Other Files in /var/xms

8-21 XMS Checks for Database Files

8-22 XMS Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

8-23 XSMTP Checks for Files in /usr/doc/

8-24 XSMTP Checks for Files in /usr/lib/capsar/

8-25 XSMTP Checks for Files in /usr/sbin/smtpgw/

8-26 XSMTP Checks for Files in /usr/share/dna/dict/

8-27 XSMTP Checks for Files in /usr/share/man/

8-28 XSMTP Checks for Files in /var/smtpgw

8-29 XSMTP Checks for Files in /var/smtpgw/scripts/

8-30 XSMTP Scanning Module - NCL Entity Checks

8-31 DMO Checks for Files in localDIR

8-32 DMO Checks for Files in sharedDIR

8-33 DMO Checks for Files in sharedDIR/bin

8-34 DMO Checks for Files in sharedDIR/clbin

8-35 DMO Checks for Files in /sbin/init.d/

8-36 DMO Checks for Files in /usr/lib/X11

8-37 DMO Checks on Log Files

9-1 Mail Monitor Files

9-2 Files Installed with the Server

9-3 Files Installed with the Scanning Modules

9-4 Mail Monitor Files

9-5 Scanning Modules Files


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