It mentions in the docs that you can set the grace period for user purge based on config of server. Which config file are we talking about and what parameter? It says the default is 10 days. Where can this be changed?Thanks in advance,James Huang

Hello,Running on NT with SP6a, noticed that with multiple cpu imap just hangs after a while. The process is still there, and it is not taking up any cpu time. It just won't respond, even telneting to the port. Looks like for every attempted connection there is a close_wait in the netstat. ...

I have ver. 5.1 iplanet messaging serverHow can start it ?

Hi, my environment is:iDS5.1, iMS5.2, iCS5.1 and Delegated Admin for Messaging 1.2.I have installed all the components and it seems to run fine, but when I log on to the Delegated Admin I cna't see the frame in the middle of the browser window. An error appears that "The page cannot be ...

Using Sol2.8, patched OK (no complains from idsktune)After successfull installation of iDS 5.1 I try to install iMS 5.1.Running ims_dssetup.pl i get:grep: can't open /usr/iplanet/servers/ids/slapd-atlantis/config/slapd.confTher's actually NO this file in slapd-atlantis/config directory.If I ...

I changed the smtp port and when I restarted all processes ressh do not want to start ? I know it's a bug fixed in 4.15 patch 7 but do I really need it ?

I have installed iMS5.2 on Solaris. I have it set for Direct LDAP.I am able to create new users using iDA as well as imadmin. The users appear in the directory and are marked as "active". These users can even log into MessageExpress. However they can not receive mail.When I check, no mail boxes ...

How do I add a disclaimer to all outgoing email in IMS5.2? Someone on the forum mentioned a conversion channel, but I need more detailed help/examples on how to write one. Our users mostly use iPlanet Messenger Express' http access. Thanks

If a user switches between Messenger Express and Communicator, is there a way to use or export the PAB entries they have stored?

I am using iplanet messaging 5.2. I want to send mail using command line. Anyone knows exact command line syntax.Thanks-Vasu

I'm running iPlanet Messaging Suite 5.0 with Netscape Directory Server 4.12 on a Solaris 8 machine, which is also my DNS server. From that server, I can send and receive mail through Netscape Messenger. When I connect to the server from a client PC, I can receive mail through Netscape ...

WHat is the best practice, via rewrite or conversions and mappings? Are there any examples of these configurations?

I have over 38 000 messages for a user, and I want to keep only one month. If I remove them, it looks like the files store.cch, store idc and store.usr doesn't change ? Is there a command to adjust them ? Is it a problem ?ThanksKaty* Running on NMS 4.15 patch 4

I would like to configure all components of iMS5.2 for Directory Server failover. That should include (Direct LDAP) MTA, Messaging Express, authentication, Personal Address Book, Delegated Administration, etc.What are all the settings I need to configure for any of these components to failover ...

Hi, i have running iMS 5.2 with more than 40000 users. I have the next problem with one of our users when he wants to make a new message: a window error appears with the next message: "PAB_CMD_GET_PABS:Unable to open address book"Anyone knows why?Thanks a lot.Hugo

How similar are the APIs for SIMMS and iMS5? If a customer has developed some SIMMS plug-ins, how easy is it to convert those plug-ins to iMS5?Where could I find more information about the iMS5 API?Thanks,Fred

I sucessfully installed iMS5.2 on a mailstore (POP, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP)On the mail relay, I installed a MTA, a PopProxy, a ImapProxy. But I couldn't find the webproxy installation procedure.

I'm using iMS 5.2 along with the iDS 5.1 on direct LDAP mode.I've tried to use the <i>mailSMTPSubmitChannel</i> attribute I read about in the iMS SchemaReferenceGuide.I've created a simple outbound channel in <i>imta.cnf</i> and assigned above attribute to one of my ...

Hi!There is a problem with our webmail. When user want to replay a message he/she gets a error message. When I check the http logfile I se the message: "Network Warning: saveSmtp: RCPT TO: To: failed"Does anybody know what is the problem?Thanks!Hamid

If anyone has done this before or knows how to do it, please post a reply. I do not want to do any address rewriting, is it possible to parse all mails through a channel which appends text from a file? Just a thought.Thanks !!

I have not found a way to copy the address book from one username to another -- there may be instances where we have to change the uid of a user.PAB entry dn's look like the following in LDAP:dn: cn=46327298,ou=user,o=pabI have never seen any documentation on how the RDN (in this case, ...

This doesn't happen all the time and none of the rules in the filter file match my test.

Could anyone tell me how iMS 5.2 works with MIME mail ( more specifically with the conversion channel ). What I want to do is manipulate the MIME headers, to append some default content to the every mail that passes through it. Is it possible to manually put content into the output queue of the ...

While trying to send mail with the following command mailx -s test -v testuser@abcd.comI am getting the following errorroot@cryst # [24/May/2002:16:38:56 -0400] cryst [17226]: General Error: func=_configdrv_pset_fetch;error=could not access server's configuration in ldap: func=psetRealCreate; ...

I am able to create a per-user rule that matches on standard header lines, but if I am using a non-standard line, such as X-Spam-Flag, the rule won't apply. Is there any way to make this work properly?

I have created my aliases file in server5/msg-hostname/imta/config, and executed imsimta dyrsinc -F, but my aliases doesn't seem to work.Is there anything extra I need to do?

Let's say I delete the parameter on a functioning mailserver and I do "imsimta refresh". What happens to the directories and their content? Do they get processed? Do the 20 subdirectories get deleted automatically? Problem is I don't have a testmailserver.

Do i need to use a script or similar? Or is there a function that makes it?Thanks a lot,Hugo

trying to run admin console for iMS 5.2, never gets past the "running discovery stage". I get the error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/swing/Jpanel at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Compiled Code)Any ideas on how to fix this? This is on a Solaris 8 system. Note that the console for ...

We run a security tool against our mail server. The tool sent to the http port (80) an URL which contains meta-characters "........" and the port stop receiving requests.We tried http://mail/...... and again the port stop respondingWe verified for patches but we didn't find anything. We tried ...

I am trying to get a reverse proxy setup to server my internal email to the intranet. I have this code in my http.conf:<VirtualHost dmz.server.com> ServerName email.internal.com ProxyRequests on ProxyPass /webmail/ http://email.internal.com:180/ ProxyPassReverse /webmail/ ...

I had created some domains in iMS 5.2 using the Delegated Administrator, and then deleted them. Now I am trying to create them again (a week later) and can't. Both the DA and the CLI report:Status: Domain Create Failed. This container is already in use.I've already run purge several times ...

Greetings,I'm relatively new to iPlanet MS, but have it set up and configured for our manageworx.com email addresses. We want this same iMS server to also host our domainname.ca addresses (i.e. have any mail to userid@manageworx.ca redirected to userid@manageworx.com).I've tried using rewrite ...

Depending of the contents of the To: field, I want the mailserver to rewrite (or just not) the From: field. Does anybody know how to do this?

OS Release:Solaris 8 6/00 UpdateHardware Platform:Ultra Enterprise 250PRODUCT: iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: how to use "imsbackup" command in iMS5.2 !DETAILED DESCRIPTION: OS: Solaris8 with 108528-13 (2002/05/06) Recommended Patches Software: iPlanet Messaging Server ...

I have two mail servers, one lotus notes and one iPlanet Messaging server 5.2. There are two groups of users, one group belongs to lotus notes and the other belongs to iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2. I need to create a list that contain all userids that belongs to iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 and ...

We are using iplanet messaging server 5.2 . The problem is http stops suddenly under heavy load. OS IS SOLARIS 8. M/c is E250 .

I have installed IMS 5.1 on solaris 8 . I could able to send mails internal users (in the same server) I could able to receive external mails. But I am unable to send mails to outside world. I have to send mails to corporate mails server. Pls can u help me out . My server Ip is 191.254.4.10 and ...

An error "Maximum attachments reached" comes out whenI would attahch any file to outgoing message by Messenger Express, even if attachment limit set as 5MB through Netscape Console4.2.Any other option to allow user to attach files ?Regards,Takuto