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Conference abbott::mailworks-unix

Title:Mailworks-unix
Notice:V2.0.4 now available -- see Note 4.375
Moderator:TAMARA::NEUMAN::Neumann
Created:Wed Jun 02 1993
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1384
Total number of notes:5851

1353.0. "POP3 reply address and X.400" by TAGEIN::ELCHAMI () Tue Feb 25 1997 14:03

Hi All,

it's possible to configure the POP3 server on Mailworks/Unix so that POP3 
clients have the ability to reply  an X.400 Originator's message?

My customer Daimler Benz reported the problem that the X.400 originator's  
address is not a valid internet (REPY)address if the receipient uses a POP3
client like NETSCAPE 3.0 or via TELNET <nodename> 110.

below are two examples of originator's addresses:

1. In this example the originator sends an X.400 message via MB400 Mailworks for
   Unix.  the originator's address seems: 

- In Teamlinks (PO of Mailworks for Unix):

Country=DE, Admin_Domain=DBP, Private_Domain=DBMAIL, Unit_Name=DBForschungSTG,
Organization=DaimlerBenz, Surname=Grau, Given_Name=Isabell, Common="Isabell
Grau"

- In a POP3 Client connected to the Pop3 server of Mailworks for Unix:

/C=DE/ADMD=DBP/PRMD=DBMAIL/O=DaimlerBenz/OU=DBForschungSTG/CN=Isabell
Grau/PN=Isabell.Grau/@x400dmw@axpost.dbag.stg.DaimlerBenz.com

2. In this example the originator sends an intenet message via SMTP-GW MB400 
   Mailworks for Unix.  the originator's address seems:

- In Teamlinks (PO of Mailworks for Unix):

Country=DE, Admin_Domain=DBP, Private_Domain=DBMAIL, Unit_Name=Internetstg,
Organization=DaimlerBenz, RFC-822="grau@dbag.stg.daimlerbenz.com"

- In a POP3 Client connected to the Pop3 server of Mailworks for Unix:

/C=DE/ADMD=DBP/PRMD=DBMAIL/O=DaimlerBenz/OU=internetstg/DD.RFC-822=grau@dbag.st
g.daimlerbenz.com/@x400dmw@axpost.dbag.stg.DaimlerBenz.com


Regards
Mohamed  CSC Munich/Germany
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1353.1Not currently possible for POP3 clients to reply to X.400 addresses; fixed in future versionKOALA::PAWELKOTue Feb 25 1997 16:3434
Hello Mohamed,


> it's possible to configure the POP3 server on Mailworks/Unix so that POP3 
> clients have the ability to reply  an X.400 Originator's message?

Currently it is not possible to configure MailWorks/UNIX so that POP3
clients are able to reply to X.400 addresses.  POP3 servers only download
mail to POP3 clients; they are not involved at all in sending (or replying)
to messages.  Mail sent from POP3 clients is given directly to an SMTP
server, without any intervention from MailWorks.

POP3 is an internet standard designed exclusively for the SMTP world, which
assumes all addressing is "internet-style".  It is because of MailWork's unique
simultaneous support of both the X.400 and SMTP transports that X.400 messages
can even be downloaded and read by POP3 clients.

We are addressing this issue in the next major release of MailWorks/UNIX.
The solution will involve configuring sendmail in such a way that addresses
containing the "@x400dmw" term will be routed back to MailWorks so they
can be sent via MB400 back out to the X.400 world.

> Country=DE, Admin_Domain=DBP, Private_Domain=DBMAIL, Unit_Name=Internetstg,
> Organization=DaimlerBenz, RFC-822="grau@dbag.stg.daimlerbenz.com"

In the mean time, the best workaround is to have users forward or send
replies to X.400 originators, by specifying the RFC-822 value as the address.
For e.g., in the above example, the POP3 user should send the reply to
grau@dbag.stg.daimlerbenz.com.


Hope this helps,

       Mary
1353.2EVTAI1::10dhcp76.evt.dec.com::BOURDARIASFri Mar 07 1997 13:5314
Hello,

In .1 there is a workaroud proposed:

The solution will involve configuring sendmail in such a way that addresses
containing the "@x400dmw" term will be routed back to MailWorks so they
can be sent via MB400 back out to the X.400 world.

Is there somebody who knows how implementing this solution ?

Thanks,
Sylvie Bourdarias
1353.3No workaround yet...KOALA::PAWELKOMon Mar 10 1997 13:1218
Hello Sylvie,

   
      I don't believe there is a workaround today.  Half the
problem is getting sendmail to recognize the "@x400dmw", which
could be done today.  But the other half of the problem involves
modifying the MailWorks code to route messages coming in from sendmail
to go out through X.400, a path that does not exist today.

      I am looking into this for the next version of MailWorks.
If I discover a workaround that can be used with today's version,
I will post it here.  But currently I do not know of such a 
solution.


      Regards,
	
	   Mary