Configuring Internet Addressing; Planning Internet Addressing - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Configuring Internet Addressing

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By default, GroupWise uses a proprietary address format consisting of a user's ID, post office, and
domain (userID.post_office.domain). However, when you install the GroupWise Internet Agent,
GroupWise also supports native Internet-style addressing consisting of a username and Internet
domain name (for example, userID@Internet_domain_name).
Internet-style addressing is the preferred addressing format if you are connected to the Internet,
because with Internet-style addressing, users have the same address within the GroupWise system as
they do outside the GroupWise system. For example, if John Smith's address at Novell
jsmith@novell.com, this address can be used by users within the GroupWise system and users
external to the system.
To set up Internet addressing, you do the following:
Define Internet domain names for your GroupWise system. You can have one or more domain
names (for example, novell.com, gw.novell.com, and support.novell.com).
Set up the default Internet address format for use when displaying user addresses in the
GroupWise Address Book and sent messages. There are six formats that can be assigned at the
system, domain, post office, or user level. In addition, there is a free-form format that can be
used at the user level.
Designate the address formats that can be used to address messages to your GroupWise users.
There are five possible formats to choose from. You can allow all five formats, or only one.
Specify the default Internet Agent to be used when sending messages from your GroupWise
system to the Internet. This becomes your system's default Internet Agent for outbound
messages sent from all domains; however, if you have multiple Internet Agents, you can
override this setting by assigning Internet Agents at the domain level.
The following sections help you plan and set up Internet addressing:
Section 45.1, "Planning Internet Addressing," on page 717
Section 45.2, "Setting Up Internet Addressing," on page 722
Section 45.3, "Transitioning from SMTP Gateway Aliases to Internet Addressing," on
page 727

45.1 Planning Internet Addressing

The following sections help you prepare to set up Internet-style addressing for your GroupWise
system:
Section 45.1.1, "Internet Agent Requirement," on page 718
Section 45.1.2, "Internet Agents Used for Outbound Messages," on page 718
Section 45.1.3, "Internet Domain Names," on page 718
Section 45.1.4, "Preferred Address Format," on page 718
Section 45.1.5, "Allowed Address Formats," on page 721
Section 45.1.6, "Override Options," on page 722
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