Host Authentication; Undeliverable Message Handling - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

52.6.11 Host Authentication

The Internet Agent supports SMTP host authentication for both inbound and outbound message
traffic. The following switches are used with inbound and outbound authentication:
/forceinboundauth
/forceoutbountauth
/forceinboundauth
Ensures that the Internet Agent accepts messages only from remote SMTP hosts that use the AUTH
LOGIN authentication method to provide a valid GroupWise user ID and password. The remote
SMTP hosts can use any valid GroupWise user ID and password. However, for security reasons, we
recommend that you create a dedicated GroupWise user account for remote SMTP host
authentication.
Syntax: /forceinboundauth
/forceoutboundauth
Ensures that the Internet Agent sends messages only to remote SMTP hosts that are included in a
gwauth.cfg text file. The remote SMTP hosts must support the AUTH LOGIN authentication
method.
The file must reside in the directory and use the following
gwauth.cfg domain\wpgate\gwia
format:
domain_name authuser authpassword
For example:
smtp.novell.com remotehost novell
You can define multiple hosts in the file. Make sure you include a hard return after the last entry.
If you use this switch, you need to include your Internet Agent as an entry in the gwauth.cfg file to
enable status messages to be returned to GroupWise users. You can use any GroupWise user ID and
password for your Internet Agent's authentication credentials. However, for security reasons, we
recommend that you create a dedicated GroupWise user account for your Internet Agent.
Syntax: /forceoutboundauth

52.6.12 Undeliverable Message Handling

The following switches determine how the Internet Agent handles undeliverable messages:
/badmsg
/fut
/mudas
/badmsg
Specifies where to send problem messages. Problem messages can be placed in the Internet Agent
problem directory ( ), they can be sent to the postmaster, or they can be sent to both or
gwprob
neither. The values for this switch are move, send, both, and neither.
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