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Conference forty2::mailbus_400

Title:MAILBUS 400 User Forum
Notice:kits 100-109 - Infocenter //www.digital.com/info/messaging
Moderator:IOSG::MARSHALL
Created:Thu Jun 11 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3210
Total number of notes:9174

3205.0. "mb400 to x.25 on another machine to x.400 world ?" by MSAM03::HOSOKEHUN () Thu May 29 1997 11:21

    HI,
    
    My apology if this has been discussed before, I did a dir/title=x.25
    and could not find anything similar here.
    
    I have a customer who has MB400 with the SMTP gateway on a ALPHA
    server, connecting to the Internet. Now he would like to also connect
    to the X.400 world. If he buys a server with the x.25 card and
    installed the x.25 software on it, can we re-configure the MB400 on the
    first server and then point to the new server with x.25 to go out to
    the x.25 network ? Or do we have to also install MB400 on the new
    server and do a MB400 - MB400 - X.25 route ?
    
    Customer would like to have a new server with the X.25 connection....
    
    
    Thanks in advance,
    Angeline
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3205.1Should workFORTY2::KNOWLESPer ardua ad nauseamThu May 29 1997 11:5814
    You shouldn't need another MTA. On the X.25=>X.400 node you need to
    install only the base component of the MTA (so that the server node
    knows where its MTA is), and the existing Alpha needs to be configured
    to recognize the new server as an Agent. Then the info needs to be set
    up right in the MTS.
    
    If you want to manage the MTA remotely, you need the Mgt component as
    well (installed on the new server), but you should be able to get by
    with just the Base component.
    
    The only possible fly in the ointment is X.25; I know next to nothing
    about that. GJ, cd you comment with the voice of experience?
    
    b
3205.2choicesIJSAPL::DEWIJKGJ from the DutchlandsThu May 29 1997 12:5622
    Hi,
    
    a number of options.
    
    1) why does the customer want a second system, a x25 interface could be
    configured on the first server.
    
    2) The first MB400 server can use the second server just for X25 access
    to the public x25 network. The protocol between server 1 and 2 will be
    LLC2 and server 2 will act as a relay client to relay the x25 traffic.
    If this is the only purpose of server2, you could better use a DECnis.
    
    3) server 2 has also MB400 installed, server1 and 2 communicate on
    X400-P1 level, either automatically configured or manually. server 2
    has the direct x25 link to the public network.
    
    4) As in .1,  move MB400 from server 1 to server2. In this scenario
    server2 must have the mta-basekit installed to access server2
    
    
    All is possible, pick your choice, 1 is the cheapest
    GJ