Target Skills:

Ability to set up SMTP Routing Tables using the Console.
 
     

Set Up SMTP Routing

Let's set up our messaging server to send all messages for fictitious "airius.com" to a fictitious hub machine "hub.airius.com".

We will then send a message to "airius.com", which will bounce.  We'll look at the bounce to verify the messaging server attempted to deliver it to "hub.airius.com".
 

Set up SMTP Routing using the Console

Bring up the Messaging Server Console

1. Start Netscape Console, and open up the Messaging Server Console.

a. From a Unix shell with root privileges, 
# <server-root>startconsole
example: # /usr/netscape/server4/startconsole
b. When the console appears, enter your User ID and Password, and click OK. (see it)
example: admin, admin
c. Click on the + box next to your machine name. (see it)
d. Click on the + box next to Server Group. (see it)
e. Double click on the Messaging Server. (see it)


Go to Configuration Tab/Services/SMTP/Address Tab

2. Open up Configuration, Services.

a. Click on the "Configuration" tab. (see it)
b. Click on + box next to "Services" in the left pane (if not open already). (see it)
3. Go to SMTP Address form.
a. Click to highlight "SMTP" in the left pane. (see it)
b. Click on the "Address" tab. (see it)


Set up SMTP Routing

4. Add a routing table entry to route "airius.com" to "hub.airius.com"

a. Click on "Add" next to SMTP routing table. (see it)
b. In the dialog box, enter the following routing table entry:
airius.com:hub.airius.com
(see it)
c. Click OK to save the entry.
d. Click Save to save your changes. (see it)
5. Stop and restart SMTP services to make the changes take effect.
a. Click on "Services" in the left pane. (see it)
b. Click to highlight SMTP in the right pane. (see it)
c. Click on "Stop". (see it)
d. Wait for the "Service stopped successfully" message, and click OK. (see it)
e. Click on "Start". (see it)
f. Wait for the "Service started successfully" message, and click OK. (see it)

Verify SMTP routing

NOTE: If you haven't yet set up test messaging accounts and Communicator for messaging, please complete  Adding User Accounts/Create and Test Messaging Accounts , then come back here.

1. Using Communicator, send a message to "garbage@airius.com".
2. Get messages, and the message should have bounced.
3. Examine the bounced message, and near the bottom you should see a message similar to the following:

DNS for host hub.airius.com is mis-configured. 
The following recipients did not receive this message:   <garbage@airius.com>
4. This indicates the messaging server attempted to route "airius.com" to "hub.airius.com".
 

You're done with this exercise.  Click the arrow key at the top to move on.....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

     

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