OSI/MHS Configuration and Management Manual

Management Environment for OSI/MHS
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MTA (Message Transfer Agent) Objects
system
is the name of the system (node) that runs the MHS manager process for this
OSI/MHS subsystem.
manager-process
is the name you have given the MHS manager process (the MON object). This
name must be a letter followed by zero through three alphanumeric characters.
mta
is the name used to distinguish this MTA object (representing an adjacent MTA)
from all the other objects defined to this OSI/MHS subsystem, and in particular
from other MTA objects. This name is 1 through 32 alphanumeric characters.
For example, if your MHS manager process is called $ZMHS, you could add an MTA
object named “$ZMHS.#BOSTON1”.
You can define up to 800 adjacent MTA objects in an OSI/MHS subsystem. Each MTA
object must correspond to an actual X.400 MTA, although not necessarily to an
OSI/MHS subsystem. These restrictions place no limit on the total number of MTAs
within the MHS.
SCF Commands for MTA Objects
You can direct any of the following SCF commands to the OSI/MHS MTA object
specified or assumed in the command:
ADD Defines an MTA object that has the name and attributes specified in the
command, then adds the name and attributes to the OSI/MHS
association database.
You must include the attribute REM-MTA-NAME when you add an MTA
object; this name cannot be altered later. The attribute value, an IA5
string of 1 through 32 characters, is the name of an actual MTA that the
object represents. It is carried in certain requests, for instance, requests
for password validation.
The actual MTA referred to in this command is adjacent to this OSI/MHS
subsystem. This adjacent MTA will have to be installed and configured,
if it has not been already, to complete the MHS.
The ADD command allows you to specify whether or not MTA bind
authentication parameters are to be generated and validated using an
external password server process. (The name of the password server is
an attribute of the SUBSYS object.) For more information on password
servers, see OSI/MHS Security Interfaces on page 2-11. For information
about integrating a password server, see the OSI/MHS Management
Programming Manual.