CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  preface

  1      Introduction to Managing MRP

  1.1     How Does MRP Work?

  1.2     Checklist of Management Tasks

  2      Maintaining the Directory Service

  2.1     Introduction

  2.2     Responsibility for the Directory Service

  2.3     Using MBMAN to Maintain the Directory Service
    2.3.1      Running MBMAN
    2.3.2      MBMAN Commands
    2.3.3      MBMAN Command Syntax
    2.3.4      MBMAN Qualifiers
    2.3.5      Building a Directory Service Subscriber Entry
      2.3.5.1      Building a Subscriber Entry for a User of a Message Router Based User Agent
      2.3.5.2      Building a VMSmail Subscriber Entry
      2.3.5.3      Exchanging Messages with Message Router VMSmail Gateway
    2.3.6      Checking a Built Object
    2.3.7      Resetting a Built Object
    2.3.8      Adding a Built Object to the Directory Service
    2.3.9      Displaying a Subscriber Entry
    2.3.10     Selecting a Subscriber Entry
    2.3.11     Modifying a Subscriber Entry
    2.3.12     Displaying a Modified Object
    2.3.13     Resetting a Modified Object
    2.3.14     Adding a Modified Object to the Directory Service
    2.3.15     Deleting a Subscriber Entry
    2.3.16     Exiting from MBMAN

  2.4     Enabling IBM PROFS Users to Use Other MAILbus Gateways
    2.4.1      Creating Directory Service Entries for IBM PROFS Users
      2.4.1.1      Example
    2.4.2      Creating Directory Service Entries for Users of Other Mail Systems
    2.4.3      Creating a Directory Service Entry for the MRP Postmaster
      2.4.3.1      Example

  3      Creating and Maintaining the Nodelist File

  3.1     Introduction

  3.2     Information for the Nodelist File

  3.3     Setting Up the Nodelist File
    3.3.1      Nodes with Names the same as VMS Process Logicals
    3.3.2      Example Nodelist File

  3.4     Modifying the Nodelist File

  3.5     Nodes Without Nodelist File Entries

  4      Preparing to Configure MRP

  4.1     Introduction

  4.2     Configuration Options
    4.2.1      The DECnet/SNA Gateway Name
    4.2.2      The SNA Access Name
    4.2.3      The MRP Session Address
    4.2.4      The MRP Node ID
    4.2.5      The PROFS Node ID
    4.2.6      The Difference Between GMT and Local Time
    4.2.7      The Local Timezone
    4.2.8      The Keyword Character Set
    4.2.9      The IBM PROFS Character Set
    4.2.10     Accepting the Default Answer to Remaining Questions
    4.2.11     The MRP Device Name
    4.2.12     The MRP Mailbox Name
    4.2.13     The Node Password
    4.2.14     The Line Password
    4.2.15     The MRP Batch Queue Name
    4.2.16     The Retry Limit
    4.2.17     The IBM PROFS Date Format
    4.2.18     Binary Files From IBM PROFS
    4.2.19     Passing DCA RFT Documents Through MRP Unconverted
    4.2.20     DCF Draft Documents Sent from IBM PROFS
    4.2.21     Sending Large Notes to IBM PROFS in Document Format
      4.2.21.1     Adding a 'PC File Flag A' Attribute to a Document
    4.2.22     Directory Service Lookup of Recipients of PROFS Notes
    4.2.23     The Distribution List on Notes
    4.2.24     Suppressing Comment Control Blocks
    4.2.25     Non-Delivery of Messages with Large Records
    4.2.26     Disabling Delivery Acknowledgements from IBM PROFS
    4.2.27     Discarding Negative Nodal Management Records from IBM
    4.2.28     Non-Registration of MRP Users in the Directory Service
      4.2.28.1     Autoforwarding Messages from an IBM Network to IBM PROFS
      4.2.28.2     Changing the Senders Address on Autoforwarded Messages

  4.3     Checklist of Configuration Preparations

  5      Configuring MRP

  5.1     Introduction

  5.2     Upgrading MRP to Version 1.2

  5.3     The Configuration Procedure

  5.4     The Configuration Verification Procedure (CVP)

  5.5     Completing the Configuration

  5.6     Setting up the Telex Mailbox

  5.7     Creating X.400 Domain Objects

  6      Stopping, Starting, Reconfiguring and Tuning MRP

  6.1     Introduction

  6.2     Stopping and Starting MRP
    6.2.1      Stopping MRP
    6.2.2      Starting MRP

  6.3     Reconfiguring MRP
    6.3.1      When to Reconfigure MRP
    6.3.2      The Configuration Commands
    6.3.3      Renaming the MRP Mailbox
    6.3.4      The Procedure for Reconfiguring MRP
      6.3.4.1      Stopping MAILbus
      6.3.4.2      Running the MAILbus Configuration Procedure
      6.3.4.3      Restarting MAILbus

  6.4     Tuning of MRP Resource Quota Values
    6.4.1      Adding Non-standard Logicals to MRP

  7      Interpreting the MRP Information Log File

  7.1     Introduction

  7.2     Log File Entries
    7.2.1      Messages from DIGITAL to IBM PROFS
    7.2.2      Mail from IBM PROFS to DIGITAL

  7.3     MRP Error Logging

  7.4     Large or Complex WPS-PLUS Documents that Exceed Converter Memory Limit

  7.5     MRP Hibernation Period
    7.5.1      Determining the Status of the MRP process After a Fatal Error

  7.6     The MRP Restart Procedure

  7.7     What to Do If MRP Stops Unexpectedly

  8      Management Action Procedures

  8.1     Introduction

  8.2     An Example Management Service Exception Report

  8.3     How to Use the MAPs

  8.4     MRP MAPs
    8.4.1      MAP MRP 1
    8.4.2      MAP MRP 2
    8.4.3      MAP MRP 3
    8.4.4      MAP MRP 4
    8.4.5      MAP MRP 5
    8.4.6      MAP MRP 6
    8.4.7      MAP MRP 7
    8.4.8      MAP MRP 8
    8.4.9      MAP MRP 9
    8.4.10     MAP MRP 10
    8.4.11     MAP MRP 11
    8.4.12     MAP MRP 12
    8.4.13     MAP MRP 13
    8.4.14     MAP MRP 14
    8.4.15     MAP MRP 15
    8.4.16     MAP MRP 16
    8.4.17     MAP MRP 17
    8.4.18     MAP MRP 18
    8.4.19     MAP MRP 19
    8.4.20     MAP MRP 20
    8.4.21     MAP MRP 21
    8.4.22     MAP MRP 22
    8.4.23     MAP MRP 23
    8.4.24     MAP MRP 24

  A   Sample Configuration

  B   Comment Control Block Messages

  B.1     Introduction

  B.2     Comment Control Block Meanings

  C   Error Messages

  C.1     Introduction

  C.2     Error Message Format

  C.3     Warning Messages

  C.4     Error Messages

  TABLES

  2-1        MBMAN Qualifiers for all Users of MRP

  3-1        The doc_flag Flag

  6-1

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