This guide provides the information that you need to plan your DIGITAL[TM] Enterprise Mail Monitor installation, to implement the monitoring software in your electronic mail system, and to configure the Mail Monitor to respond appropriately to changes in that system.
This guide is directed at people who need to oversee, manage, or do administration tasks for electronic mail systems implemented across heterogeneous transport services in which the various mail systems run on any combination of Windows[R] NT[TM], DIGITAL UNIX[R], OpenVMS[TM] Alpha, and OpenVMS VAX operating systems. The guide may also be useful for managers planning an electronic mail system
Before using DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor you should read the Release Notes. You may also need any or all of the following four-page cards, which give all the installation information you need for each combination of operating system and hardware platform:
Until the Windows NT Client software ships, users of the V3.0 DIGITAL Enterprise Mail Monitor must use the Motif[R] client previously available as the MAILbus[TM] Monitor V2.1. The following documents (completely unchanged) are all relevant:
| For information on... | Read... |
|---|---|
| Planning | Chapter 1 |
| Setting up the servers | Chapter 2 |
| Seting up the scanning modules | Chapter 3 |
| Stopping and starting the server | Chapter 4 |
| The Control Module | Chapter 5 |
| Scanning modules available for Windows NT systems | Chapter 6 |
| Scanning modules available for DIGITAL UNIX systems | Chapter 8 |
| Scanning modules available for OpenVMS systems | Chapter 7 |
| Files installed on all systems | Chapter 9 |
The following conventions are used in this guide:
| this typeface | Indicates commands or responses that you type. Unless otherwise stated, press Return after each command or response. |
| this typeface | Indicates prompts and messages from the computer. |
| Indicates examples of commands. | |
| Indicates an example of code. | |
| newterm | Indicates the introduction of a new term. |
| variable | Represents a variable. |
| keyword | Indicates a keyword in a line of command syntax. |
| UPPERCASE and lowercase | The UNIX operating system differentiates between lowercase and uppercase characters. Literal strings that appear in text, examples, syntax descriptions, and function descriptions must be typed exactly as shown. |
| % | A percent sign (% ) is the default user prompt on DIGITAL UNIX systems. |
| # | A number sign is the default superuser prompt on and DIGITAL UNIX systems. |
| $ | A dollar sign ($ ) is the default user prompt on OpenVMS systems. |
| [] | Brackets are used after questions to enclose the default answer. Press Return to accept the default. Brackets also denote a directory specification. |
| ... | Horizontal ellipses indicate that additional text can be entered. |
| Press | Indicates that you make one keystroke with an editing or command key, for example, press Return. |
| Type | Indicates characters that you type at the keyboard. |
| Ctrl/Z | Indicates that you hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the other key (Z). |
| (DIGITAL UNIX) | Where text that refers exclusively to the DIGITAL UNIX operating system is minimal, the operating system is indicated in brackets after the text. |
| (OpenVMS) | Where text that refers exclusively to the OpenVMS operating system is minimal, the operating system is indicated in brackets after the text. |