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cc:Mail deployment


MAILsweeper for cc:Mail acts as a router between one or more post office groups, in a LAN environment (type 1 connections). Each post office group refers to the two physical post offices between which MAILsweeper provides protection.

All messages sent between the two post offices in the group are processed and delivered by MAILsweeper.

Any ADE or bulletin board updates must still be transferred using cc:Mail Router.

There are two possible ways of installing MAILsweeper for cc:Mail:

MAILsweeper for cc:Mail can also be installed on a site that has only one post office and uses cc:Mail Router for access to other post offices over another communications medium (type 2 connections). See page 2-82 for details.

The latest versions of cc:Mail use DB8 post offices.

MAILsweeper supports both DB6 and DB8 post offices. It also supports cc:Mail Release 8.

Standard configuration

The standard cc:Mail configuration is within one post office group, that is, between two physical post offices.

For example:

When configuring MAILsweeper it is important to know the relationship between the two post offices in the group.

In this example:

It is important to remember the relationship between the post offices so that you correctly connect to the Admin mailbox of the R&D post office and the R&D mailbox of the Admin post office.

To deploy MAILsweeper for cc:Mail in a standard configuration follow the steps outlined below.

1. Install a Windows NT machine to act as the MAILsweeper host.

This machine should meet the technical specification outlined. It should also have TCP/IP and RPC services installed and enabled. See page 2-85 for a full list of pre-requisites the MAILsweeper host should be configured with.

2. Load any anti-virus tools that you wish to use with MAILsweeper and note their locations. You will be asked for this information later, during the installation.

Check the release notes to ensure compatibility between this release of MAILsweeper and the anti-virus tools you wish to use.

There are several evaluation copies of anti-virus tools supplied on the installation CD-ROM. The set-up software does not automatically install these anti-virus tools.

3. If cc:Mail Router is running between the post offices to be protected, stop it or modify its configuration so that it doesn't deliver mail messages.

This is achieved by running the cc:Mail Admin program on the post offices and removing the "M" flag from the Exchange field. This will prevent the router from processing M (Mail) messages.

Refer to your Lotus cc:Mail documentation for more details.

4. Install MAILsweeper for cc:Mail.

See the Installation section on page 2-85 for details.

Hub configuration

When deployed in a hub environment MAILsweeper services a number of post office groups.

There is one post office group for transferring messages between the hub post office and each downstream post office that is to be protected.

For example:

In this example, MAILsweeper services four post office groups. There is one group between the hub post office and each of the downstream post offices, that is:

This configuration provides the necessary protection for all mail delivery.

Messages are always transferred between the two post offices in the group, that is, between the hub post office and each downstream post office. They cannot be transferred directly between downstream post offices in different groups, for example, between the accounts and personnel post offices. The route of any message is therefore always going to be via the hub.

For example, assume a message is being sent from the accounts department to the personnel department. MAILsweeper would first transfer the message from the accounts post office to the hub post office and then transfer it from the hub post office to the personnel post office.

Due to the way in which a hub environment is configured, each message sent between downstream post offices is processed twice:

You can protect any number of post offices in this way, by defining the appropriate groups in the [PostOfficeGroups] configuration section. This section is found in the post office configuration file, CCMAIL.CFG.

For example, you may consider that the R&D post office has a higher chance of spreading a virus to the rest of the company, but that the other post offices need no protection. In this case you would only define one group, that is, between the hub post office and the R&D post office, using a cc:Mail Router for the rest.

Alternatively, you may decided that each post office needs an equal amount of protection. In this case you would define four groups, that is, between the hub post office and each of the downstream post offices.

Only one post office group can be specified during installation. The remaining groups must be added to the [PostOfficeGroups] section manually, after installation is complete. See page 2-99 for details.

To deploy MAILsweeper for cc:Mail in a hub configuration:

1. Install a Windows NT machine to act as the MAILsweeper host.

This machine should meet the technical specification outlined. It should also have TCP/IP and RPC services installed and enabled. See page 2-85 for a full list of pre-requisites the MAILsweeper host should be configured with.

2. Load any anti-virus tools that you wish to use with MAILsweeper and note their locations. You will be asked for this information later, during the installation.

Check the release notes to ensure compatibility between this release of MAILsweeper and the anti-virus tools you wish to use.

There are several evaluation copies of anti-virus tools supplied on the installation CD-ROM. The set-up software does not automatically install these anti-virus tools.
3. If cc:Mail Router is running between the post offices to be protected, stop it or modify its configuration so that it doesn't deliver mail messages.

This is achieved by running the cc:Mail Admin program on the post offices and removing the "M" flag from the Exchange field. This will prevent the router from processing M (Mail) messages.

Refer to your Lotus cc:Mail documentation for more details.
4. Install MAILsweeper for cc:Mail.

See the Installation section on page 2-85 for details.

5. Edit the [PostOfficeGroups]configuration section to add the extra post office groups. See page 2-99 for details.

There is no architectural limit to the number of groups that MIMEsweeper can support but machine specification and message throughput will be a major influence on this.

Type 2 router configuration

MAILsweeper only supports type 1 connections, that is, post office access in a LAN environment.

If you want to have protection between two post offices that have a type 2 connection you will need to change the network configuration. The following two diagrams demonstrate such a change.

Needs to be converted to:

To achieve this configuration:

1. Make a backup of the original cc:Mail post office, prior to any changes made.
2. Create a new post office called London in a different directory on the File Server. Enable this post office for Directory Propagate and Call-lists as required.
3. Change the name of the existing post office from London to London-MSW.
4. Export the directory list from the London-MSW post office.
5. Import the directory list into the London post office.
6. Create the post office entry for London on the London-MSW post office.
7. Create the post office entry for London-MSW on the London post office.
8. Set up any directory propagation between the two post offices.

Refer to your Lotus cc:Mail documentation for more details.

It is also recommended that you:

To deploy MAILsweeper in type 2 configuration, follow the steps outlined below.

1. Install a Windows NT machine to act as the MAILsweeper host.

This machine should meet the technical specification outlined. It should also have TCP/IP and RPC services installed and enabled. See page 2-85 for a full list of pre-requisites the MAILsweeper host should be configured with.

2. Load any anti-virus tools that you wish to use with MAILsweeper and note their locations. You will be asked for this information later, during the installation.

Check the release notes to ensure compatibility between this release of MAILsweeper and the anti-virus tools you wish to use.

There are several evaluation copies of anti-virus tools supplied on the installation CD-ROM. The set-up software does not automatically install these anti-virus tools.

3. Change the post office configuration so that MAILsweeper can be successfully deployed. See page 2-83 for details.

4. Install MAILsweeper for cc:Mail.

See the Installation section on page 2-85 for details.



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