Managing e-mail

As an experienced user or administrator, you can manage e-mail servers, users, and messages to ensure distribution of e-mail in your network.

Checking e-mail servers
One of the most common problems with e-mail is that the proper servers are not started. Before using your e-mail servers, you need to verify the status of e-mail servers and make sure that they are all running.
Removing Post Office Protocol e-mail users
You can remove Post Office Protocol (POP) e-mail users by using IBM® Navigator for i when using the system distribution directory or directory type *SDD. Before doing so you should receive or delete all email from that mailbox..
Preventing large e-mail messages from splitting
You might need to prevent your large e-mail messages from splitting, and being delivered in smaller, confusing pieces. This is only necessary if the SMTP server directory type is *SDD.
Receiving delivery status of e-mail
If your users would like to receive messages on the delivery status of their outgoing e-mail, you must enable the delivery status notification function.
Hosting a Domino and SMTP server on the same system
If you are running Domino® and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) on the same system, it is suggested that you configure each one to bind to a specific IP address.
Hosting Domino LDAP and Directory Server on the same system
If you are running Domino LDAP and IBM Tivoli Directory Server for i5/OS (Directory Server) on the same system, it is suggested that you configure each one to bind to a specific IP address.
Managing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server performance for directory type *SDD
These are tips for managing a busy Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server that uses multiprocessing for when it is set to use Directory Type *SDD. The other directory types use a multithreaded job the maximum number of emails to be received or sent at a single time can be set using CHGSMTPA.

Parent topic: E-mail