Mac GW: How Gateway-Access Servers Work (58553)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 2.0
- Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 2.0a
- Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 2.0b
- Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk Networks 3.0
This article was previously published under Q58553 SUMMARY
IMPORTANT: All Microsoft Mail version 2.0 customers who have gateways
installed should be using the "MS Mail GW" file version 2.0b and the
"Microsoft Mail Server" file version 2.0b, both of which are located
in the System Folder of the Mail server. An updated "MS Mail GW" file
is available through Microsoft End User Sales and Service at (800)
426-9400 or Microsoft International Customer Service at (206) 936-8661
but ONLY for customers using the AppleLink Gateway to Microsoft Mail.
Customers using other gateways must obtain an updated "MS Mail GW"
file from the developer of the gateway they are using. The Microsoft
Mail server upgrade can also be obtained at the above numbers.
Initially, only those Microsoft Mail users registered on the gateway
server can exchange messages with the gateway's external mail service.
Creating a gateway-access server allows users on the access server to
exchange messages with the external mail service as well.
Gateway-access servers are created by using the Gateway Installer to
first extract access-server resources from an existing gateway server
and then using the Gateway Installer to install those resources on
Mail servers that you want to have access to the gateway. These
resources include the gateway address dialog box in the Address Mail
window for specifying gateway recipients and can include the forms to
send, read, and print gateway messages. Please note that in Mail
version 3.0, you can make all servers in a site gateway-access
servers. For more information, query on the following words:
access and gateway and site MORE INFORMATION
For example, suppose you have a company with 10 Microsoft Mail servers
and only one modem, and users on four different Mail servers need
access to AppleLink. To give all these users access to AppleLink, set
one of the four Mail servers up as a gateway server and the other
three as gateway-access servers.
When a user on an access server sends a message to a recipient on the
external service, the access server forwards the Mail message to the
Mail server that is its gateway server. The gateway server, depending
on its gateway accounts and connect times, sends the mail message to
the external service.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/9/1999 |
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| Keywords: | KB58553 |
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