Deciding How To Link The New Post Office - Novell GROUPWISE 7 - POST OFFICES Manual

Cross-Platform Issues
In most cases, it is most efficient if you match the POA platform with the network operating system
where the post office resides. For example, if you create a new post office on a NetWare server, use
the NetWare POA.
If you decide not to run the POA on the same platform as the post office, the POA must still have
direct network access to the post office directory so that it can write to user databases
(userxxx.db) and message databases (msgnnn.db). For example, you can set up the new post
office on a NetWare server and run the Windows POA on a Windows server to service it.
Figure 11-10
Windows
However, the NetWare POA cannot service a post office located on a Windows server because
Windows does not support the required cross-platform connection.
If you are using mapped or UNC links to the new post office, the MTA must also have direct
network access to the post office directory so that it can write message files into the post office
message queues. You can, for example, run the agents on a Windows server while domains and post
offices are located on NetWare servers.
Figure 11-11
NetWare
Again, the opposite combination of NetWare agents servicing domains and post offices on Windows
servers is not an option because Windows does not support the required cross-platform connection.
To avoid these cross-platform access issues, use TCP/IP links between a domain and its post offices.
For more detailed information, see
Offices," on page

11.2.7 Deciding How to Link the New Post Office

When you create a new post office, you have the opportunity to choose the type of link to use
between the new post office and its domain. Based on issues discussed in the preceding section, you
might decide to set up a TCP/IP link between the new post office and its domain.
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A Domain on a NetWare Server and the MTA on a Windows Server
NetWare
MTA
Dev-Dom
Dev-PO1
POA
Agents on a Windows Server and Domains and Post Offices on a NetWare Server
Windows
MTA
Acct-Dom
Acct-PO1
POA
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NetWare
MTA
Dev-Dom
Dev-PO1
POA
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