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Configuring
Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
Configuring messaging
This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
The Domino® mail router
The Domino® mail router (the Router) is a special server task responsible for the delivery and transfer of the messages in MAIL.BOX. Delivery refers to moving messages from MAIL.BOX into a local mail file or database; while transfer refers to sending messages from MAIL.BOX across the network to another server.
Creating a Configuration Settings document
Use the Configuration Settings document to set up LDAP, mail, mail routing, and MIME on an IBM® Domino® server. You can also use this document to edit settings in the NOTES.INI file. A Configuration Settings document can define settings for all of your Domino servers in one IBM Notes® domain, for the servers in one specific group, or for one individual server.
Roadmap: Configuration Settings - Router/SMTP - Basics tab
Use settings on the Configuration Settings > Router/SMTP tabs to configure Domino® to use SMTP to route mail, instead of or in addition to using Notes® routing.
Roadmap: Configuration Settings - Router/SMTP - Advanced - Controls tab
Using this tab in the Configuration Settings document, you can specify settings for logging level, out-of-office type, advanced transfer controls, additional controls for delivery and transfer, and customization of failure messages.

Configuring
Use this information to configure an IBM® Domino® network, users, servers (including Web servers), directory services, security, messaging, widgets and live text, and server clusters. Also use this information to set up IBM iNotes® on a server using Domino Off-Line Services (DOLS).
- Configuring a network
  This section presents the planning concepts and setup procedures necessary for a successful IBM® Domino® deployment over a network. It provides information on network protocols from a Domino perspective but does not attempt to provide general network information.
- Configuring users and servers
  Topics in this section describe how to set up users and servers.
- Editing the NOTES.INI file
  You should rarely, if ever, need to modify a server's or client's NOTES.INI file. The NOTES.INI file contains many settings that Domino® and Notes® rely on to work properly. An accidental or incorrect change may cause Domino or Notes to run unpredictably. Therefore, you should edit the NOTES.INI file only if special circumstances occur or if IBM® Support Services recommends that you do so.
- Configuring directory services
  This section describes how to plan, set up, and use IBM® Domino® directory services.
- Configuring messaging
  This section provides an overview of messaging and describes how to set up mail routing, how to set up and customize mail servers, and how to track mail.
  - The Domino® mail router
    The Domino® mail router (the Router) is a special server task responsible for the delivery and transfer of the messages in MAIL.BOX. Delivery refers to moving messages from MAIL.BOX into a local mail file or database; while transfer refers to sending messages from MAIL.BOX across the network to another server.
    - Mailbox event notification
      When the Domino® router is running in a steady state and a new message is deposited in MAIL.BOX, a copy of the message is made and placed on a mailbox event queue which is then used by a new MailEvent thread in the router. The router then uses this copy of the message without having to search MAIL.BOX to discover new messages nor perform a full note open for use in transfer or delivery. The message is cached and additional copies of this message are made as needed for multiple recipients. This router optimization prevents creating extra copies of the note.
    - Starting, stopping, and restarting the mail router
      By default, when you start the server, the Router task automatically loads and starts. You can manually shut down and restart the Router to troubleshoot server and messaging problems. You can also disable automatic loading of the Router.
    - Recalculating the server's routing table
      The Router on each server maintains a dynamic routing table, which specifies the best route to each possible destination server. The routing table builds on information contained in the server's NOTES.INI file and in the Configuration Settings, Domain, Connection, and Server documents in the Domino® Directory.
    - Routing mail on demand to a specific server
      You can route mail to another Domino® server between scheduled intervals, forcing all mail in the transfer queue of the specified server to route immediately.
    - Using Domain documents
      Domain documents define the domains used in mail routing.
    - Routing internal mail
      Internal mail consists of messages sent between users within an organization and its local Internet domains. The Domino® mail router (the Router) uses both SMTP and Notes® routing to transfer messages between network servers, and handles messages in both MIME format and Notes rich text format. By default, the Router transfers local mail using the Notes routing protocol only. Within a given Notes named network, servers that use Notes routing automatically transfer mail among themselves.
    - Creating a Configuration Settings document
      Use the Configuration Settings document to set up LDAP, mail, mail routing, and MIME on an IBM® Domino® server. You can also use this document to edit settings in the NOTES.INI file. A Configuration Settings document can define settings for all of your Domino servers in one IBM Notes® domain, for the servers in one specific group, or for one individual server.
      - Roadmap: Configuration Settings - Basics tab
        Use the Basics tab to establish settings for one server or all servers in your domain. You can enable features such as Type Ahead and License Tracking, as well as designate whether to enable International MIME settings and other related settings.
      - Roadmap: Configuration Settings - Router/SMTP - Basics tab
        Use settings on the Configuration Settings > Router/SMTP tabs to configure Domino® to use SMTP to route mail, instead of or in addition to using Notes® routing.
        Roadmap: Configuration Settings - Router/SMTP - Advanced - Controls tab
        Using this tab in the Configuration Settings document, you can specify settings for logging level, out-of-office type, advanced transfer controls, additional controls for delivery and transfer, and customization of failure messages.
      - Roadmap: Configuration Settings - NOTES.INI Settings tab
        Using the Configuration Settings document, you can add and modify many NOTES.INI settings at a time to the server's NOTES.INI file.
      - Roadmap: Configuration Settings - IMAP - Basics tab
        Use settings on the Configuration Settings > IMAP tabs to configure the IMAP service.
    - Configuring Domino® to send and receive mail over SMTP
      Setting up an IBM® Domino® server as an SMTP server consists of enabling two separate tasks: a listener task and a routing task. Enabling the SMTP Listener allows a server to receive mail over SMTP. Enabling SMTP routing lets the Domino Router send mail to other servers using SMTP.
  - The POP3 service
    POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3) is an Internet mail protocol that allows a user running a POP3 client -- for example, the Notes® POP3 client, Eudora Pro, or Microsoft™ Outlook Express® -- to retrieve mail from a server that runs the POP3 service. You can set up a Domino® server to run the POP3 service. The Domino server receives and stores mail for POP3 users, who can then connect to the server to retrieve their mail.
  - The IMAP service
    The Domino® server supports the Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP4rev1), defined in RFC 2060, for reading mail. The Domino IMAP service lets users with IMAP mail clients access mail files on a Domino server. The IMAP service differs from the POP3 service in that users are not required to download messages to a local computer to read and manipulate them. Users can work with messages over the network, while the messages remain on the server.
  - Customizing mail
    After you set up basic mail routing, you can customize the IBM® Domino® messaging system to improve performance and meet the specific needs of your organization.
- Configuring iNotes®
  IBM® iNotes® (previously IBM Domino® Web Access) provides IBM Notes® users with browser-based access to Notes mail and to Notes calendar and scheduling features. Administrators specify mail policy and security policy settings as well as notes.ini file settings to complete the full implementation of IBM iNotes.
- Configuring Web servers
  This section describes how to set up the IBM® Domino® Web server, the Domino Web Navigator, and other Web servers such as IBM HTTP.
- Domino® Off-Line Services
  Domino® Off-Line Services (DOLS) provides a way for users to take Domino Web applications offline, work in them, and synchronize the changes with an online replica on the Domino server. Users are not required to have Notes® client because the applications are accessed with a browser.
- Setting up a cluster
  Setting up a cluster includes the tasks of creating and verifying that it is working correctly, and then setting up user access, mail, replications, size quotas, directory assistance, roaming, web navigation, and use of a private LAN in the cluster.

Roadmap: Configuration Settings - Router/SMTP - Advanced - Controls tab

Using this tab in the Configuration Settings document, you can specify settings for logging level, out-of-office type, advanced transfer controls, additional controls for delivery and transfer, and customization of failure messages.

Table 1. Sections on the Controls tab
Section	See the following topics
Miscellaneous Controls	Changing the logging level for mail Designating the Out of Office service type
Advanced Transfer Controls	Setting advanced transfer and delivery controls
Additional Controls (Delivery and Transfer)	Setting advanced transfer and delivery controls
Failure Messages	Specifying the failure message for transfer and delivery delay notifications Customizing the text of mail failure messages