X400: How to Move the Gateway to Another Postoffice (87649)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 3.0
This article was previously published under Q87649

SUMMARY

Moving the Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 requires a series of steps that involve saving some valuable programming from the gateway and access components, removing and transporting the components to the new gateway postoffice by re-installing, then inserting the saved programming.

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  1. Hardware: Move the necessary hardware. The Eicon Card and software do not have to be moved.
  2. Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 access component:

    1. Address lists: Use the import program to extract the X.400 address lists that are already entered into the postoffice. The extracts them to an ASCII text file that can be readily transported.
    2. Removal: After the address lists have been moved, the access component is ready for removal. Use the access component disk and run the installation program with the "-r" command-line option.
  3. Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 gateway component:

    1. Gateway settings: In the postoffice database, the X.400 subdirectory and all of the subdirectories beneath it must be copied to a safe location.
    2. Removal: After the X.400 subdirectory is moved to a safe location, you can remove the X.400 gateway component.
  4. New gateway postoffice installation:

    1. Install the gateway component.
    2. Install the access component.
  5. Modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/10/1999
Keywords:KB87649
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