Setting up MMDF on a TCP/IP network

This section describes configuring MMDF on a network of machines connected with TCP/IP, where each computer can directly contact the others on the network. The example machines are volga, columbia, and thames, and the domain is mynet.COM. The IP addresses and fully qualified domain names of the example computers are:

10.0.118.1 volga.mynet.COM
10.0.118.2 columbia.mynet.COM
10.0.118.3 thames.mynet.COM

For further information, see Chapter 3, ``Administering TCP/IP'' in the Networking Guide. Example:

1. Log in as mmdf on volga.

2. Check that the domain mynet.COM exists. Because this is the top-level domain used by volga, it will have been added at installation time, but you can use the Domain Administration Manager to check, and add it if it does not exist.

3. In the Configuration Manager, check that the domain name is not hidden by selecting this addressing option:
   
   ``From: user@volga.mynet.COM''

   Host entries for the other machines in the local domain, columbia.mynet.COM and thames.mynet.COM, are added by the Configuration Manager.

   When you have verified these conditions, these entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/local.dom:

      volga:		volga.mynet.COM
      columbia:	columbia.mynet.COM
      thames:		thames.mynet.COM
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/root.dom:

      volga:			volga.mynet.COM
      volga.mynet.COM:	volga.mynet.COM
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/smtp.chn:

      volga.mynet.COM		10.0.118.1
      columbia.mynet.COM	10.0.118.2
      thames.mynet.COM	10.0.118.3
   

   As a result of the initial mail configuration, these entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/local.chn:

      volga:			volga
      volga.UUCP:		volga
      volga.mynet.COM		volga
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/mmdftailor (among others):

      MLDOMAIN	"mynet.COM"
      MLNAME		"volga"
      
   
      MDMN name="root", dmn="", show="Root Domain", table=rootdom
      MDMN name="localdom", dmn="mynet.COM", show="mynet.COM Domain",
           table=localdom
      
   
      MCHN show="Local delivery", name=local, que=local, tbl=local, pgm=local,
           ap=822, mod=imm
      MCHN show="SMTP Delivery", name=smtp, que=smtp, tbl=smtpchn, pgm=smtp,
           ap=822, mod=host, confstr="charset=7bit"
   

4. Repeat steps 1-3 on columbia. When you have verified the conditions, these entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/mmdftailor (the MCHN and MDMN entries will appear as listed above for volga):

      MLDOMAIN	"mynet.COM"
      MLNAME		"columbia"
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/local.dom:

      columbia:	columbia.mynet.COM
      volga:		volga.mynet.COM
      thames:		thames.mynet.COM
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/root.dom:

      columbia:		columbia.mynet.COM
      columbia.mynet.COM:	columbia.mynet.COM
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/smtp.chn:

      columbia.mynet.COM	10.0.118.2
      volga.mynet.COM		10.0.118.1
      thames.mynet.COM	10.0.118.3
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/local.chn:

      columbia:		columbia
      columbia.UUCP:		columbia
      columbia.mynet.COM	columbia
   

5. Repeat steps 1-3 on thames. When you have verified the conditions, these entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/mmdftailor (the MCHN and MDMN entries will appear as listed above for volga):

      MLDOMAIN	"mynet.COM"
      MLNAME		"thames"
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/local.dom:

      thames:		thames.mynet.COM
      volga:		volga.mynet.COM
      columbia:	columbia.mynet.COM
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/root.dom:

      thames:			thames.mynet.COM
      thames.mynet.COM:	thames.mynet.COM
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/smtp.chn:

      thames.mynet.COM	10.0.118.3
      volga.mynet.COM		10.0.118.1
      columbia.mynet.COM	10.0.118.2
   

   These entries will exist in /usr/mmdf/table/local.chn:

      thames:			thames
      thames.UUCP:		thames
      thames.mynet.COM	thames