Configuring A Mail Server For Certificate Management System - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.0 Installation And Setup Manual

Using the Default Demo
This exercise will show you how to use the jobs facility to send out automatic
renewal reminders to entities. You will configure Certificate Management System
to send email to entities starting 400 days before the certificate expires. In a real
deployment, of course, you would probably not start reminding certificate holders
to renew until 30 days before expiration. You will see the email that is sent to a
certificate holder and a summary report of all notices that can be sent to a CMS
agent.
To complete this exercise, you need to have access to a host that can receive Simple
Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) requests and send mail. By default, Certificate
Management System configures
the mail server. Many UNIX hosts run SMTP daemons (such as
default configurations, so in UNIX you may not need to change the CMS defaults.
Windows NT systems, however, do not typically run SMTP daemons by default
and you will probably need to configure the SMTP settings in Certificate
Management System.
If you are sure that the machine on which Certificate Management System is
running is also capable of receiving SMTP requests on port 25, skip to
"Configuring Certificate Management System to Send Renewal Reminders."
Otherwise, find out the name of host that can accept SMTP requests and follow the
next procedure, "Configuring a Mail Server for Certificate Management System,"
to configure Certificate Management System.

Configuring a Mail Server for Certificate Management System

To configure the server from which Certificate Management System can send mail:
Open the CMS console window and select the Configuration tab.
1.
Select the SMTP tab.
2.
Server name: Type the host name of your mail server.
Port Number: If you are certain that your server uses a port number other than
25 for SMTP, enter it in this field. However, it is unlikely that any server uses a
different number for the well-known SMTP service.
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