CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      The MBMAN Utility

  1.1     Introduction

  1.2     Running MBMAN

  1.3     Using MBMAN to Populate the Directory Service Database

  1.4     Using MBMAN Commands
    1.4.1      Summary of MBMAN Commands
    1.4.2      MBMAN Command Syntax
    1.4.3      Guidelines for Using MBMAN Commands
    1.4.4      Guide to the Command Descriptions

  1.5     ACCEPT DDS

  1.6     ADD DDS

  1.7     ADD ER NODE

  1.8     BUILD DDS

  1.9     CREATE DDS

  1.10    DELETE DDS

  1.11    DELETE ER NODE

  1.12    EXIT

  1.13    HELP

  1.14    MODIFY DDS

  1.15    MOVE DDS

  1.16    PURGE DDS

  1.17    REFRESH DDS CACHE

  1.18    SELECT DDS

  1.19    SHOW DDS

  1.20    SHOW ER NODE

  1.21    SPAWN

  1.22    START DDS

  1.23    STOP DDS

  1.24    SUSPEND DDS

  1.25    The MBMAN Qualifiers
    1.25.1     /ADMDNAME
    1.25.2     /[NO]ALL
    1.25.3     /[NO]CACHE
    1.25.4     /[NO]CONFIRM
    1.25.5     /[NO]COPYALL
    1.25.6     /DDA
    1.25.7     /DDSID
    1.25.8     /EVENT
    1.25.9     /FFPOSTADDR
    1.25.10    /[NO]FULL
    1.25.11    /GENERATION
    1.25.12    /GIVENNAME
    1.25.13    /INITIALS
    1.25.14    /INTLOCATION
    1.25.15    /INTPHONE
    1.25.16    /LANGUAGE
    1.25.17    /LOCATION
    1.25.18    /[NO]LOG
    1.25.19    /MAILADDRESS
    1.25.20    /MAXENTRIES
    1.25.21    /MHSORADDRESS
    1.25.22    /NADMDNAME
    1.25.23    /NAME
    1.25.24    /NCOUNTRY
    1.25.25    /NPRMDNAME
    1.25.26    /NUMBER
    1.25.27    /OBJTYPE
    1.25.28    /ORGNAME
    1.25.29    /ORGUNIT
    1.25.30    /OUTPUT
    1.25.31    /PASSWORD
    1.25.32    /PCOUNTRY
    1.25.33    /[NO]PERMANENT
    1.25.34    /POSNROLE
    1.25.35    [NO]PREFERRED
    1.25.36    /PRLOCATION
    1.25.37    /PRMDNAME
    1.25.38    /[NO]PROCSTART
    1.25.39    /PROXY
    1.25.40    /PRUSERNAME
    1.25.41    /[NO]RESTART
    1.25.42    /REVERSELOOKUP
    1.25.43    /SNLOCATION
    1.25.44    /SNUSERNAME
    1.25.45    /SUBID
    1.25.46    /SURNAME
    1.25.47    /[NO]SUSPEND
    1.25.48    /TELEPHONE
    1.25.49    /TERMINALID
    1.25.50    /TIME
    1.25.51    /TIMOUT
    1.25.52    /TITLE
    1.25.53    /UAID
    1.25.54    /[NO]UNIQUE_MATCH
    1.25.55    /USE1, /USE2, /USE3, /USE4, /USE5
    1.25.56    /VMSORADDRESS
    1.25.57    /[NO]WORLD
    1.25.58    /X121ADDRESS
    1.25.59    /[NO]X400_SEND
    1.25.60    /1UNUSED, /2UNUSED, /3UNUSED

  2      The MRMAN Utility

  2.1     The Transfer Service Database

  2.2     Types of Entries in the Mailbox Directory
    2.2.1      Overview
    2.2.2      Local Nodes
    2.2.3      Neighbor Nodes
      2.2.3.1      Defining a Cluster as a Neighbor Node Entry
    2.2.4      Default DECnet
    2.2.5      Distant Nodes
    2.2.6      User Agents
      2.2.6.1      Local User Agents
      2.2.6.2      Remote User Agents
    2.2.7      Gateways
    2.2.8      Substitute Mailbox Names
    2.2.9      Local Users
    2.2.10     MRMAN Mailbox
    2.2.11     Operator Mailbox
    2.2.12     The Redirection Mailbox
    2.2.13     Journal Mailboxes

  2.3     Using MRMAN
    2.3.1      Running MRMAN
    2.3.2      MRMAN Command Syntax
    2.3.3      Specifying Mailbox Directory Entry Names

  2.4     The MRMAN Commands

  2.5     ADD
    2.5.1      /AGE_RESTRICTION
    2.5.2      /BEEP
    2.5.3      /COMPLETE_MESSAGES
    2.5.4      /DEFAULT
    2.5.5      /GRANT_ID
    2.5.6      /IGNORE_SENDER
    2.5.7      /NETWORK_NODE
    2.5.8      /NOTIFY
    2.5.9      /OWNER
    2.5.10     /PASSWORD
    2.5.11     /PROBES_RELAYED
    2.5.12     /QUEUE_RESTRICTION
    2.5.13     /REMOTE_RESTRICTION
    2.5.14     /REPLACE
    2.5.15     /ROUTE
    2.5.16     /RUN
    2.5.17     /SERVICE_MESSAGES
    2.5.18     /SUPPRESS_DELIVERY_REPORTS
    2.5.19     /SYSTEM

  2.6     CHECK_AQM

  2.7     DELETE

  2.8     DISPLAY

  2.9     DUMP

  2.10    EXIT

  2.11    FREE

  2.12    HELP

  2.13    MODIFY

  2.14    PURGE
    2.14.1     /AGE
    2.14.2     /NOTIFY
    2.14.3     /NONOTIFY
    2.14.4     /PARTIAL
    2.14.5     /SERVICE

  2.15    READ

  2.16    REPOST

  2.17    SEND

  2.18    SHOW
    2.18.1     /DEFAULT
    2.18.2     /MAILBOX
    2.18.3     /NETWORK_NODE
    2.18.4     /REPLACE
    2.18.5     /ROUTE

  2.19    SPAWN

  2.20    STOP

  2.21    SUSPEND

  3      The Configuration Procedure

  3.1     Introduction

  3.2     Configuration Commands

  3.3     Using the Configuration Procedure

  3.4     Component Identifiers

  3.5     CREATE

  3.6     DISABLE

  3.7     ENABLE

  3.8     HELP

  3.9     RECOVER

  3.10    SET

  3.11    SHOW
    3.11.1     /OUTPUT

  3.12    Configuration Verification Procedures
    3.12.1     The Transfer Service Configuration Verification Procedure
      3.12.1.1     How to Run the Transfer Service CVP
    3.12.2     The Management Service Configuration Verification Procedure
      3.12.2.1     How to Run the Management Service CVP
    3.12.3     The Directory Service Configuration Verification Procedure
      3.12.3.1     How to Run the Directory Service CVP
    3.12.4     The MAILbus Configuration Verification Procedure
      3.12.4.1     How to Run the MAILbus CVP

  4      The Control Procedure

  4.1     Introduction

  4.2     Component Identifiers

  4.3     MB$CONTROL Commands
    4.3.1      SYSTART
    4.3.2      MINSTART
    4.3.3      START
    4.3.4      STOP

  5      Message Router NBS Message Dump Utility

  6      Accounts, Objects, Logical Names and Files

  6.1     Accounts
    6.1.1      Characteristics of the MBMANAGER Account
    6.1.2      Characteristics of the MBWATCH Account
    6.1.3      Characteristics of the MRNET Account
    6.1.4      Characteristics of the DDSNET Account

  6.2     DECnet Objects
    6.2.1      Characteristics of MRLISTEN
    6.2.2      Characteristics of DDSLSTN
    6.2.3      Characteristics of MAIL
    6.2.4      Characteristics of FAL

  6.3     Logical Names
    6.3.1      Management Service Logical Names
    6.3.2      Transfer Service Logical Names
    6.3.3      Directory Service Logical Names

  6.4     Files
    6.4.1      Transfer Service Files
      6.4.1.1      Data Files
      6.4.1.2      Message File Areas
      6.4.1.3      Log Files
      6.4.1.4      Information Files
      6.4.1.5      Talker Files
      6.4.1.6      Remote-commands Command Procedure
      6.4.1.7      Initialization Files
    6.4.2      Transfer Service Stop File
    6.4.3      Directory Service Files
      6.4.3.1      Data Files
      6.4.3.2      Log Files
    6.4.4      Exception Reporting Files
    6.4.5      Management Service Files

  7      Interpreting Directory Service Files

  7.1     Directory Service Log Files
    7.1.1      Directory Service Log File
      7.1.1.1      Introduction
      7.1.1.2      Accessing the Log File
      7.1.1.3      A Typical Log File
    7.1.2      Directory Service Server Log File
      7.1.2.1      Introduction
      7.1.2.2      Accessing the Server Log File
      7.1.2.3      A Typical Directory Service Server Log File
    7.1.3      Directory Service Netserver Log File and Listener Log File
      7.1.3.1      Introduction
      7.1.3.2      Accessing the Directory Service Listener Log File
      7.1.3.3      Accessing the Directory Service Netserver Log File
      7.1.3.4      A Typical Listener Log File

  7.2     Directory Service Events

  7.3     Error Events

  7.4     General Events

  7.5     Callable Interface Events

  7.6     Server and Listener Events

  7.7     Network Events

  7.8     Transaction Events

  7.9     Version-specific Events

  8      Interpreting Transfer Service Files

  8.1     The Message Transaction File
    8.1.1      Introduction
    8.1.2      Accessing the Message Transaction File
    8.1.3      Interpreting the Message Transaction File

  8.2     The Traffic Statistics Utility
    8.2.1      Introduction
    8.2.2      Creating the Traffic Statistics Table
    8.2.3      Interpreting the Traffic Statistics Table

  8.3     The Error Information File
    8.3.1      Introduction
    8.3.2      Accessing the Error Information File
    8.3.3      Interpreting the Error Information File

  8.4     The MRMAN Information File
    8.4.1      Introduction
    8.4.2      Accessing the MRMAN Information File
    8.4.3      A Typical MRMAN Information File

  8.5     Listener Log Files
    8.5.1      Introduction
    8.5.2      Accessing the Listener Log file
      8.5.2.1      A Typical Listener Log File

  8.6     Transfer Service Talkers
    8.6.1      Types of Talkers
    8.6.2      Talker Template Files
    8.6.3      Talker Parameters
    8.6.4      Tailoring Talkers
      8.6.4.1      Starting a User-defined Notify Talker
      8.6.4.2      Starting a User-defined Schedule Talker
      8.6.4.3      Starting a User-defined Run Talker

  8.7     Tracing a Specific Message

  9      Exception Reporting Log Files

  9.1     Introduction

  9.2     Accessing the Management Service Exception Reporting Log Files

  9.3     A Typical Directory Service Exception Reporting Log File

  9.4     A Typical Transfer Service Exception Reporting Log File

  9.5     A Typical Network Exception Reporting Log File

  10     Message Router Error Messages and Non-Delivery Notifications

  10.1    Message Router Error Messages
    10.1.1     Contacting Digital
    10.1.2     Where Error Messages are Recorded
    10.1.3     Error Message Format
    10.1.4     Codes Used in the Transfer Service Error Messages
      10.1.4.1     Interpreting the Code XX
      10.1.4.2     Interpreting the Code caller
      10.1.4.3     Interpreting Three and Four Character Codes
    10.1.5     The Message Router Error Messages

  10.2    Message Router Non-Delivery Notifications

  FIGURES

  1 Message Router Documentation Map

  6-1        Message Router Directory Structure

  8-1        Example Traffic Statistics Table

  10-1       Fragment of an NBS Dump of a Non-Delivery Notification

  TABLES

  1-1        Qualifiers Used with BUILD DDS

  1-2        Qualifiers Used with DELETE DDS

  1-3        Qualifiers Used with MODIFY DDS

  1-4        Qualifiers Used with MOVE DDS

  1-5        Qualifiers Used with SELECT DDS

  1-6        Qualifiers Used with SHOW DDS

  1-7        Node States

  8-1        Transaction File Entry Types

  8-2        Typical Message-Ids for Messages from Various User Agents and Gateways

  10-1       Codes Used with the ABORTING, DQREQUEST, and MRABORT Error Messages

  10-2       Possible Values for the Second Character

  10-3       Possible Values for the Third Character

  10-4       Codes Used with the MSEMANT Error Message

  10-5       Possible Reason Codes Used by Message Router in Non-Delivery Notifications

  10-6       Possible Diagnostic Codes Used by Message Router in Non-Delivery Notifications