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Lotus Notes deployment


MAILsweeper for Lotus Notes provides protection by checking all email messages that pass through the Notes Server on which MAILsweeper has been installed. It provides protection, both between Notes Servers and within a Notes Server.

To achieve this protection MAILsweeper for Lotus Notes must be installed on the same machine as the Notes Server.

The machine must be using the Windows NT operating system.

In a normal Notes environment, when a user sends an email message to another user the following happens:

1. The sender's Notes client creates a record for the message in the Notes Server's mail database.
2. The Notes Server's router task moves the record to the recipients mailbox database.
3. The recipient Notes client reads the record from the mailbox database.

After MAILsweeper installation the following happens:

1. The sender's Notes client creates a record for the message in the Notes Server's mail database.
2. MAILsweeper locks the record while it checks it. Assuming all is well the message is unlocked, if not it is quarantined by MAILsweeper and deleted from the Notes database.
3. The Note's Server's router task moves the record to the recipients mailbox database.
4. Assuming the mail was clean, the recipient's Notes client reads the record from the mailbox database.

To deploy MAILsweeper for Lotus Notes follow the steps outlined below:

1. Ensure that the Notes Server machine has TCP/IP and RPC services installed and enabled. This machine should also meet the technical specifications and pre-requisites outlined on page 2-142.
 
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 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. Note that the set-up software does not automatically install these anti-virus tools.

3. As Notes Server administrator, create a group called GROUP-TOOLS-ADMIN in the address book for the server. This group of people will receive all automatic notifications from the MAILsweeper system.
 
4. Create a user MAILsweeper in the organisations address book. Some MAILsweeper notifications will appear to come from this user.
 
5. Take a backup of LOG.NTF and MAILBOX.NTF.
Any existing customised design templates should not be lost during the installation. MAILsweeper updates the existing designs with specially created designs for its own use. It is recommended however that you take backup copies of LOG.NTF and MAILBOX.NTF before starting the installation.

6. Stop the Notes Server and client.
 
7. Install MAILsweeper for Lotus Notes.

See the Installation section on page 2-143 for details.

8. Start MAILsweeper.
 
9. Restart the Notes Server.
Refer to your Lotus Notes documentation for more details.
MAILsweeper for Lotus Notes will add the following files into the Lotus Notes directory:

Notes\Ngc_Hook.dll

Notes\Nmsw_In.exe

Notes\Ngm_Grab.exe

Notes\Data\GRPtools\Gm_Grab.isf

Notes\Data\GRPtools\Ng_Setup.exe

Notes\Data\GRPtools\Ngm_Out.dll

Notes\Data\GRPtools\Ntk.dll



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