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SMTP Agent: Identification

Provide the SMTP Agent identification settings > click Apply to save the settings > restart the SMTP daemon (NLM).

You must add all the domain and host names for which your NIMS system will accept messages in one of the two domain lists. Be aware of the following important points:

  • No domain should ever be listed in the Global Domain list and in the Hosted Domain list. Names added to both lists create ambiguities within the system.
  • Failure to add all domain and host names that resolve to the server's IP address will result in 100% server utilization. Messages addressed to the overlooked domains are relayed instead of accepted; the missing name resolves to the server's IP address and the server relays the message to itself in a endless loop.

Names added to these lists will not be recognized until the SMTP daemon (NLM) is restarted.

Global Domains
Place domain names in the Global Domain list if you want NIMS to remove the domain portion of the email address before looking up the user in NDS. Consequently, the portion of the email address to the left of the @ must be unique in the entire system. Users created without their domains included in their NDS object names can be addressed at all of the listed global domains.

For example, messages addressed to Bob@Novell.com and Bob@Novell.edu will be delivered to the same mailbox if Novell.com and Novell.edu are listed as Global Domains and an NDS object named Bob exists in one of the contexts assigned to NIMS. See NMAP Agent: Contexts.

To add domains and hosts to your SMTP Agent's global domain list, type their names in the Domains box, one name per line.

Hosting Domains
Place domain names in the Hosted Domain list if you want NIMS to use the entire email address when looking up the user in NDS. Consequently, the portion of the email address to the left of the @ does not need to be unique in the system. Users created with domains included in their NDS object names can only be addressed at the included domain.

For example, messages addressed to Bob@Novell.com and Bob@Novell.edu will be delivered to different mailboxes if Novell.com and Novell.edu are listed as Hosted Domains and NDS objects named Bob@Novell.com and Bob@Novell.edu exist in one of the contexts assigned to NIMS. See NMAP Agent: Contexts.

To add domains and hosts to your SMTP Agent's hosting domain list, type their names in the Domains box, one name per line.

Limits
If you want to limit the size of messages that users can send, select the limit in the Message Size Limit field. You can select an amount between None (no limit) and 40 MB.

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