Sun java Messaging Server queries

Question

Hi,
We are currently evaluating Sun java Communication suite.
There are some doubts we are having about the system.
1) How can an admin block incoming/ outgoing mail from the internet for a specified user or domain ?
2) how can an admin backup and restore all mailboxes in case of a disaster?
3) where can we find the physical location of the mailboxes?
We are using SunSolaris 9 on an UltrasparcIII server. The current setup is done using the single host setup guide.
Thanks in advance
Zafrul

Answer 1

Hi,
zkhan wrote:
1) How can an admin block incoming/ outgoing mail from the internet for a specified user or domain ? Blocking incoming email for a specific email address/user can be performed a few ways e.g. adding a rule to the MTA mappings file, sieve filter rule, disable the user/domain in the directory (inetmailstatus: attribute) etc.
Blocking outgoing email isn't as simple unless you enforce SMTP authentication/UWC access only otherwise you cannot guarantee that a user hasn't 'forged' their email details (FROM: address).
Once again you can use the same methods to block outgoing email as incoming email.
2) how can an admin backup and restore all mailboxes in case of a disaster?Refer to the manuals on backup/restoring.
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-4428/6n6j42682?a=view
3) where can we find the physical location of the mailboxes?The mboxutil command will tell you the path e.g.
./mboxutil -lxp user/<uid>/*
Regards,
Shane.