CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview of the Gateway 1.2 Message Structure 1.2.1 X.400 Messages 1.2.2 Message Router Messages 1.3 Address Formats 1.3.1 X.400 Address Format 1.3.2 Message Router Address Format 1.4 Managing the Gateway 1.5 The Gateway and the MAILbus 400 MTA 1.6 The Gateway and Message Router 1.7 The Gateway and the DEC X.500 Directory Service 1.8 The Gateway and Address Translation 1.9 What to Do Next 2 Planning the Use of the Gateway 2.1 Planning MAILbus 400 Related Information 2.1.1 Which MTA to Connect To 2.1.1.1 How to Obtain the Name of the MTA 2.1.1.2 How to Obtain the Address of the Remote MTA 2.1.2 The Agent Name and Password 2.1.3 MTS Entity Identifier 2.1.4 Domain Name and Password 2.1.5 O/R Address for the Gateway 2.2 Planning Message Router Related Information 2.2.1 Which Message Router Node to Connect To 2.2.2 Mailbox Name and Password 2.2.3 A Message Router Address for the Gateway 2.3 The Gateway's Time Base 2.4 Address Translation 2.5 Address Entries for Users 2.5.1 Users in the X.400 Routing Domain 2.5.2 Users in the Message Router Network 2.6 Bodypart Mapping Options 2.6.1 Options for Mapping X.400 Bodyparts 2.6.2 Options for Mapping Message Router TEXT Bodyparts 2.7 Summary of Planning XMR Entity Attribute Values 2.8 What to Do Next 3 Setting Up the Gateway 3.1 Installing the Gateway 3.1.1 Upgrading from a Previous Version 3.1.2 Installing on a VAXcluster 3.2 Setup Tasks 3.2.1 Creating the Directories Used by the Gateway 3.2.1.1 Changing the Device Used by the Gateway 3.2.2 The XMR Entity 3.2.3 Running the Directory Setup Script 3.2.4 Creating the Agent Entity 3.2.5 Creating the Message Router Mailbox Entry 3.2.6 Setting a Time Offset for the Gateway 3.2.7 Editing the Bodypart Mapping Table 3.2.7.1 Entries for MASS-11, WordPerfect, and IBM Bodyparts 3.2.7.2 Checking Entries in the Bodypart Mapping Table 3.3 What to Do Next 4 Preparing to Use the Gateway 4.1 Creating Directory Entries 4.2 O/R Address Entries 4.2.1 Routing Information 4.2.2 Content Information 4.3 Foreign Address Entries 4.4 Modifying and Deleting Mailbox Entries 4.5 Sending Messages to Other Mail Systems 4.6 Starting and Stopping the Gateway 4.7 Changing Attribute Values 5 How the Gateway Works 5.1 Overview 5.1.1 Gateway Processes 5.2 The XMR Module 5.3 Establishing Connections 5.4 Message Transfer 5.4.1 From the MTA to Message Router 5.4.2 From Message Router to the MTA 5.5 Address Translation 5.5.1 Using Addresses Supplied by Users 5.5.2 Obtaining Address Translations from the Directory 5.5.3 Creating Return Addresses 5.6 Bodypart Mapping 5.7 Error Handling 5.8 Housekeeping 6 Solving Gateway Problems 6.1 Introduction to Problem Solving 6.1.1 Using Counter Attributes 6.1.2 Checking Whether the Gateway is Working 6.1.3 Checking the Gateway's Processes 6.2 Processing Large Message Router Messages 6.3 Event Dispatching 6.4 Messages in the Gateway's Bad Messages Directory 6.5 Messages in the MTA's Bad Messages Directory 6.6 Tracing a Message 6.6.1 Tracing a Message at the MTA 6.6.2 Tracing a Message Within Message Router 6.7 Problems Revealed by Counters and Events 6.7.1 Invalid X400 Message Detected 6.7.2 Invalid Message Router Message Detected 6.7.3 MTA Access Error 6.7.4 Message Router Access Error 6.7.5 Internal Error 6.7.6 System Interface Error 6.7.7 Directory Lookup Error 6.7.8 Report Generation Failure 6.7.9 Report Discarded 6.7.10 Message Router Message Discarded 6.8 Recording Information About Message Processing 6.8.1 Invoking the Trace Utility 6.9 Checking Address Translations 6.9.1 Checking Address Translations in the Directory 6.9.2 Using the Address Translation Utility 6.10 Reporting Your Problems to Digital 6.10.1 Gathering Information A Rules for Addressing Messages A.1 Specifying a Message Router Address A.1.1 Addressing Messages Using a Domain Defined Attribute A.2 Specifying an O/R Address A.2.1 Addressing Messages Using Keywords B Envelope and Content Mapping B.1 Message Router Message Fields B.2 X.400 Message Fields C Bodypart Mapping C.1 The Bodypart Mapping Table C.2 Defining Mappings for Proprietary Bodyparts D System Information D.1 Privileges Required to Manage the Gateway D.2 Logical Names Used by the Gateway D.3 Files On Your System After Installation D.4 Sample Installation Log E Example Directory Setup Script F Character Sets Glossary 1984 MHS Standards . . . Compound Document Architecture (CDA) content . . . directory entry domain defined attribute (DDA) . . . event sink export . . . interpersonal notification IPM . . . MAILworks management domain . . . Message Router Transfer Service database Message Transfer Agent (MTA) . . . MTA module MTS entity . . . O/R address ORaddress entity . . . recipient registered Agent . . . Translations attribute Translator . . . XMR module FIGURES 1-1 How the Gateway Connects an X.400 Network and a Message Router Network 1-2 Structure of an X.400 Message and a Message Router Message 1-3 The EMA Module Entities Used by the Gateway 2-1 Information Required by EMA Entities 2-2 Information Required to Exchange Messages with Message Router 2-3 Directory Entries for an X.400 User 2-4 Directory Entries for a User in the Message Router Network 3-1 The Gateway's Directory Structure 4-1 Sending a Message to Another Mail System 5-1 Transferring Messages Between the MTA and Message Router 5-2 The XMR Entity 5-3 XMR Entity Attributes Used When Establishing Connections 5-4 XMR Entity Attributes for Directory Lookups TABLES 2-1 X.400 Bodypart Mapping Options 2-2 Planning Summary 2-3 Summary of Planning User Entries 3-1 How to Set Up the Gateway 3-2 Files You Should Copy to the New Device 6-1 Counters That Record Message Traffic 6-2 Events and Counters 6-3 Gateway Trace Operation Codes 6-4 Level of Trace Information A-1 Representing Teletex String Characters A-2 Keywords for Specifying an O/R Address C-1 Bodypart Mapping Table Columns C-2 Bodypart Mapping C-3 Entry for a Proprietary Bodypart D-1 Logical Names Used by the Gateway D-2 Files on Your System After Installation F-1 Printable String Characters