DIGITAL MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway for DIGITAL UNIX, Version 2.1B Cover Letter AV-R91DB-TE This Cover Letter lists the functional changes that have been introduced in Version 2.1B of the MAILbus[TM] 400 SMTP Gateway for DIGITAL[TM] UNIX[R]. This Cover Letter also describes how to install Version 2.1B of the MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway. Functional Changes to the MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway The following changes have been made to the SMTP Gateway for Ver- sion 2.1B. Full details of these changes are given in the MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway for DIGITAL UNIX Release Notes. o The MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway also becomes Year 2000 Ready with its Version 2.1B release. Any two digit dates received by the Gateway are interpreted as follows: - Years "81" to "99" (inclusive) as "1981" to "1999" and - Years "00" to "80" (inclusive) as "2000" to "2080" MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway is specified as Year 2000 Ready and will correctly process, calculate, compare and sequence date data from, into and between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries and the years 1999 and 2000, including leap year cal- culations, when used in accordance with the associated DIGITAL Product documentation and provided that all hardware, firmware and software used in combination with such DIGITAL Products properly exchange date data with the DIGITAL Products. o The Gateway no longer wrongly posts "Invalid X.400 Trace Header" errors for certain valid messages arriving after having passed through several MTAs. o The address for Reader's comments as documented in the Re- lease Notes and the books is no longer relevant. If the readers have some comments to send they should use the prepaid read- ers'comments forms, if they are supplied at the back of the book or comments on documentation should be directed to the local customer support centres. Installing Version 2.1B To install this kit follow the instructions in MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway Installing on a DIGITAL UNIX System with the following exceptions: o Make sure you install one of the following configurations of prerequisite software: - DIGITAL UNIX V3.2G DECnet[TM]/OSI[R] for DIGITAL UNIX V3.2B MAILbus 400 MTA for DIGITAL UNIX (Base and Mgt Subsets) V2.0A DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service for DIGITAL UNIX (Base Sub- set) V3.0 - DIGITAL UNIX V4.0B with patches: OSF410-400151 (44.00), OSF410-400196 (85.00), and OSF410-400239-1 (136.01), or later DECnet/OSI for DIGITAL UNIX, V4.0A or later with dnaevld patched to 12-MAR-97, or later MAILbus 400 MTA for DIGITAL UNIX (Base and Mgt Subsets) V2.0A, or later DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service for DIGITAL UNIX (Base Sub- set) V3.1, or later - DIGITAL UNIX V4.0D (no UNIX patches are needed) DECnet/OSI for DIGITAL UNIX, V4.0A or later with dnaevld patched to 12-MAR-97, or later MAILbus 400 MTA for DIGITAL UNIX (Base and Mgt Subsets) V2.0B, or later DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service for DIGITAL UNIX (Base Sub- set) V3.1, or later o The command to deinstall any SMTP Gateway subsets already in- stalled on your systems is: # setld -d SXABASEnnn SXANETMANnnn SXADOCnnn Replace nnn with the version number of the subsets installed on your system. o The approximate disk space required (in Kilobytes) for each of the MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway subsets in /usr/opt and /var /opt, and the corresponding softlinks for the MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway's files in /usr and /var are shown in the following table. ________________________________________________________________ Space Subset Title Subset name Required in ________________________________________________/usr_______/var_ MAILbus 400 SMTP Management SXANETMAN218 100kB 50kB MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway SXABASE218 1550kB 400kB MAILbus 400 SMTP Supplemen- SXADOC218 50kB 800kB tary_Documents__________________________________________________ 2 o The installation instructions are: - Mount the disk as follows: # mount -r /dev/cdrom-device-name /mnt where cdrom-device-name is the name of your CDROM device special file, usually rz4c. - Load the subsets as follows: # setld -l /mnt/sxa218/kit o The command to run the verification procedure (VP) is: # setld -v SXABASE218 The version number of this kit when displayed using NCL management is V2.1.8. To identify this kit, type the following command: what /usr/sbin/smtpgw/smtpgw | grep MAILbus The following is the response from this command: MAILbus 400 SMTP Gateway (mailer/daemon) V2.1B ddd mmm nn hh:mm:ss GMT 1998 3 Digital Equipment Corporation makes no representations that the use of its products in the manner described in this publication will not infringe on existing or future patent rights, nor do the descriptions contained in this publication imply the granting of licenses to make, use, or sell equipment or software in accordance with the description. The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation: DECnet, DIGITAL, MAILbus, and the DIGITAL logo. OSI is a registered trademark of CA Management, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. ©Digital Equipment Corporation. 1998. All rights reserved. 4