MS Mail Gateway

  Infinite InterChange MS Mail Gateway

The Infinite InterChange MS Mail gateway lets MS Mail users exchange e-mail with the Internet. To use the Infinite InterChange MS Mail gateway, you must define a post office in MS Mail. The MS Mail gateway will exchange messages with MS Mail through this post office. Because this post office functions as a gateway between MS Mail and InterChange, we call this post office a gateway post office. The MS Mail gateway will send all inbound Internet messages to this gateway post office, and MS Mail will send all outbound Internet messages to this gateway post office.

You must create a gateway post office in each MS Mail post office that will communicate directly with the  InterChange MS Mail gateway. Each post office that communicates directly with  InterChange requires a unique domain name registered with your Internet service provider or domain name services provider. Downstream post offices do not require a gateway post office.

Authorized Users

The MS Mail gateway maintains a list of authorized users. By default, Infinite InterChange authorizes users automatically when they send a message to the MS Mail gateway. However, you may restrict which users can send messages through the MS Mail gateway.

WINMAIL.DAT Files

Microsoft Mail allows you to send formatted text, embedded objects, and embedded messages within the text of e-mail messages. The information for these special features resides in a file called WINMAIL.DAT. Microsoft Mail transmits this file with each outbound message. The Exchange gateway can be configured to always send this file or only when sending to specific domains.

Virus Scan

The MS Mail gateway lets you use a command-line operated virus scanner, such as McAfee’s VirusScan, to scan inbound and outbound attachments for viruses.

Multiple Gateways

Each Infinite InterChange email gateway must use a unique domain name. For example, if your network uses the MS Mail gateway and the SMF gateway, you must assign different domain names to those gateways. One email gateway may use the Infinite InterChange host name as its domain name.