CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  preface

  1      Overview of MRS

  1.1     What Does MRS Do?

  1.2     Who Can Use MRS?
    1.2.1      DIGITAL Users
    1.2.2      IBM Users
    1.2.3      Users of Other Non-DIGITAL Networks

  1.3     Prerequisite Software

  1.4     Overview of MRS Planning and Management Tasks
    1.4.1      Deciding Registration Requirements
    1.4.2      Deciding Routing and Addressing Information
    1.4.3      Installing and Configuring MRS
    1.4.4      Registering Routing and Addressing Information
    1.4.5      Managing MRS
    1.4.6      Passing Information to Your Users

  2      The DIGITAL and IBM SNADS Network

  2.1     Introduction

  2.2     The DIGITAL Network
    2.2.1      Message Router
    2.2.2      Message Components

  2.3     The IBM Network
    2.3.1      IBM SNADS
    2.3.2      Distribution Components

  2.4     The Combined DIGITAL and IBM SNADS Network
    2.4.1      Sending Mail from DIGITAL to IBM
    2.4.2      Sending Distributions from IBM to DIGITAL

  2.5     Mail Conversions
    2.5.1      DIGITAL to IBM
      2.5.1.1      Tabs in the Subject Field
    2.5.2      IBM to DIGITAL
    2.5.3      Mail Formats
      2.5.3.1      Mail Formats Used in the DIGITAL Network
      2.5.3.2      Mail Formats Used in the IBM Network
    2.5.4      Mail Precedence Conversions

  3      Planning

  3.1     Introduction

  3.2     Planning Tasks
    3.2.1      Deciding on Registration Requirements
    3.2.2      Deciding Information About the DIGITAL Network
    3.2.3      Obtaining Information About the IBM SNADS Network
    3.2.4      Allocating DGNs for DIGITAL Users
    3.2.5      Allocating DENs for DIGITAL Users
    3.2.6      Allocating a RGN for the DIGITAL Network
    3.2.7      Allocating a REN for the DIGITAL Network

  3.3     Planning Checklist for the DIGITAL Manager

  3.4     Planning Checklist for the IBM Manager

  A   MRS Restrictions

  A.1     Introduction

  A.2     Subject Field Length

  A.3     Technical Character Set Restrictions

  B   An Example MRS Network

  B.1     Introduction

  B.2     Hardware Configuration

  B.3     IBM Routing and Addressing

  B.4     The DISOSS Routing Table Entry

  B.5     The Host User Profile Entries

  B.6     The DECnet/SNA Gateway Access Name

  B.7     MRS Configuration

  B.8     Directory Service Entries

  B.9     Addressing

  Glossary

  FIGURES

  2-1        The DECnet/SNA Gateway Network

  2-2        A Typical DIGITAL Mail Network

  2-3        A Typical IBM Network

  2-4        The IBM Mail Network

  2-5        The Combined DIGITAL and IBM SNADS Network

  A-1        Character Set Conversions from DIGITAL to IBM SNADS

  A-2        Character Set Conversions from IBM SNADS to DIGITAL

  B-1        The MRS Network Hardware Configuration

  B-2        The MRS Network as it Appears to IBM SNADS

  B-3        The MRS Network as it Appears to Message Router

  TABLES

  2-1        Message Conversions:  DIGITAL to IBM SNADS

  2-2        Message Conversions:  IBM SNADS to DIGITAL