CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  preface

  1      Overview of MRP

  1.1     What Does MRP Do?

  1.2     Who Can Use MRP?
    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 MRP Planning and Management Tasks
    1.4.1      Deciding Security Requirements
    1.4.2      Deciding Routing and Addressing Information
    1.4.3      Modifying Files on the IBM System
    1.4.4      Setting up Routing Information for Telex
    1.4.5      Creating X.400 Domain Objects
    1.4.6      Installing and Configuring MRP
    1.4.7      Adding Information to the REMLOC File
    1.4.8      Maintaining the Directory Service and the Nodelist File
    1.4.9      Managing MRP
    1.4.10     Passing Information to DIGITAL Users
    1.4.11     Passing Information to PROFS Extended Mail Users

  2      The DIGITAL Mail Network

  2.1     Introduction

  2.2     Components of the DIGITAL Mail Network

  2.3     Message Router

  2.4     Message Components

  3      The IBM PROFS Mail Network

  3.1     Introduction

  3.2     IBM PROFS Mail
    3.2.1      IBM PROFS Notes
    3.2.2      IBM PROFS Documents

  4      The Combined DIGITAL and IBM PROFS Network

  4.1     Introduction

  4.2     Sending Mail Between the DIGITAL and IBM PROFS Networks
    4.2.1      Sending Mail from DIGITAL to IBM PROFS
    4.2.2      Sending Mail from IBM PROFS to DIGITAL
    4.2.3      Sending Mail from IBM PROFS Extended Mail to a non-DIGITAL Network

  4.3     Mail Conversions
    4.3.1      Subject Headers
    4.3.2      File Formats
      4.3.2.1      File Formats in the DIGITAL Network
      4.3.2.2      File Formats in the IBM PROFS Network
    4.3.3      Mail Priority Conversions

  5      Planning

  5.1     Introduction

  5.2     Planning Tasks
    5.2.1      Deciding on Registration Requirements
    5.2.2      Allocating an IBM PROFS Node ID and Node Password to the MRP Node
    5.2.3      Allocating IBM PROFS Usernames to DIGITAL Users
    5.2.4      Allocating IBM PROFS Location Codes in the DIGITAL Network
    5.2.5      Allocating IBM PROFS Distribution Manager IDs in the DIGITAL Network
    5.2.6      Planning to Use the Message Router Telex Gateway
    5.2.7      Planning the Routing of Messages to X.400 Users
    5.2.8      Deciding on Sending Large Notes as Documents
    5.2.9      Deciding Whether to Perform a Directory Service Lookup of Recipients of PROFS Notes

  5.3     Planning Checklist for the DIGITAL Manager

  5.4     Planning Checklist for the IBM Manager

  A   MRP Restrictions

  A.1     Introduction

  A.2     Subject Field Length

  A.3     IBM PROFS Note Length

  A.4     Use of the SENDFILE Command by IBM CMS Users

  A.5     Technical Character Set Restrictions

  B   An Example MRP Network

  B.1     Introduction

  B.2     Hardware Configuration

  B.3     RSCS Link and Route Definitions

  B.4     IBM PROFS Identifiers for the DIGITAL Nodes
    B.4.1      The REMLOC File
    B.4.2      The Nodelist File

  B.5     The DECnet/SNA Gateway Access Name

  B.6     MRP Configuration

  B.7     Directory Service Entries

  B.8     Addressing

  Glossary

  FIGURES

  2-1        The DECnet/PROFS Gateway Network

  2-2        A Typical DIGITAL Mail Network

  3-1        Sending Documents in the IBM PROFS Network

  4-1        The Combined DIGITAL and IBM PROFS Network

  A-1        Character Set Conversions from DIGITAL to IBM PROFS

  A-2        Character Set Conversions from IBM PROFS to DIGITAL

  B-1        The MRP Network Hardware Configuration

  B-2        The MRP Network as it Appears to IBM PROFS

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

  TABLES

  4-1        Message Conversions:  DIGITAL to IBM PROFS

  4-2        Message Conversions:  IBM PROFS to DIGITAL

  B-1        RSCS Link Definitions