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 MAILbus 400 Message Transfer Agent and Application Program
 Interface, Version 3.0.

 Cover Letter for OpenVMS Alpha

 AV-QSGMF-TE



 This Cover Letter lists the functional changes that have been
 introduced in Version 3.0 of the MAILbus[TM] 400 MTA. There are no
 functional changes that have been introduced in Version 3.0 of the
 MAILbus 400 Application Program Interface (API).

 This Cover Letter also describes how to install Version 3.0 of the
 MAILbus 400 MTA and API on OpenVMS[TM] Alpha.

 Funtional Changes to the MAILbus 400 MTA

 The following changes have been made to the MTA for Version 3.0.
 Full details of these changes are provided in the MAILbus 400 MTA
 and API Release Notes for OpenVMS.

 o  MTA V3.0 includes a new feature called "Secured Distribution
    List" that prevents unauthorized users from sending mails to
    the secured distribution list.

 o  The new "Secured Deliver/Secured Transfer To Domain" feature
    prevents unauthorized users from sending mail to the secured
    recipients and secured domains.

 o  The MTA V3.0 also performs the "Maximum Content Length Check",
    while relaying messages to the peer MTAs. This check was previ-
    ously done only during delivery to recipients.

 o  The MTA V3.0 generates unique names for FTBP attachments, while
    upgrading bodyparts from BP15 to FTBP.

 o  The XAPI performance has been improved in the MTA V3.0 on Al-
    pha.

 o  The Non-DEC OID translation failure problem is resolved in the
    MTA Version 3.0.

 o  The MTA V3.0 does not crash while decoding certain types of
    IPMS extension field in messages.

 o  The MTA V3.0 resolves the NCL "set" command failure on an MTS
    replica.

 o  The MTA on OpenVMS Alpha provides a specialised API for message
    traffic analysis - the System Traffic Analyzer API.

 o  The MTA V3.0 supports 256 parallel agent connections.

 

 o  Now the MTA identifies a relocated DSA and continues working
    without requiring a restart.

 o  The MTA would, under certain conditions, not log the domain
    name for "Transfer In" entries in the accounting log. This
    problem has been resolved now.

 o  The MTA now successfully displays very large distribution lists
    in response to NCL queries.

 Installing Version 3.0

 To install this kit follow the instructions in MAILbus 400 MTA In-
 stalling on an OpenVMS Alpha System or MAILbus 400 API Installing
 on an OpenVMS Alpha System with the following exceptions:

 o  Make sure you install one of the following configurations of
    prerequisite software:

    -  OpenVMS V7.2-1 or later
       DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS V7.2-1 with ECO2 or later, including
       the DECnet Application Interface component.
       Compaq X.500 Directory Service for OpenVMS V3.1 or V4.0-25
       or OpenVMS Enterprise Directory V5.0 or later.

    -  OpenVMS Alpha V7.3
       DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS V7.3, including the DECnet Applica-
       tion Interface component.
       Compaq X.500 Directory Service for OpenVMS V3.1 or V4.0-25
       or OpenVMS Enterprise Directory V5.0 or later.

    Note:

    1. The new MTA attributes for Secured Distribution List and
       Secured Delivery and Secured Transfer to Domain will not be
       available if your DECnet version is earlier than DECnet-Plus
       for OpenVMS V7.2-1 ECO3.
       (Refer to section 5.1.1 of the Release notes for a workaround)

    2. The new MTA attributes for Secured Distribution List and
       Secured Delivery and Secured Transfer to Domain will not be
       available if you are using Compaq X.500 Directory Service
       V4.0.25 or earlier.
       (Refer to section 5.1.2 of the Release notes for a workaround)











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 o  The approximate disk space required on the system disk (in
    blocks) during and after installation for the different compo-
    nents are shown in the following table:

    ________________________________________________________________
    Component Title                   Space Required (in blocks)

    ______________________________During____________After___________

    MAILbus 400 MTA Mgt            4300              2400

    MAILbus 400 MTA Base           5300              4400

    MAILbus 400 MTA Server, Mgt,  30000             28000
    and Base

    MAILbus_400_API_and_Base_______5300______________4600___________

 o  From the SYSTEM account on the node or cluster where you want
    to install a MAILbus 400 MTA component or the API, mount the
    CD-ROM as follows:

       $ MOUNT device-name volume-label

    where device-name and volume-label are as specified in the
    OpenVMS Layered Products Compact Disk User's Guide. The MTA
    and API files are located on the CD-ROM in the directory named
    MTA030.

 o  The command to install either the MTA or the API is:

       $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL MTA030 device-name:[MTA030]

 The image identification of the new images in this kit is "MTA
 V3.0-0".

 The version number of the kit when displayed using NCL management
 is V3.0.0

















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