Microsoft KB Archive/86930

= 3COM: What Must Be Done Before Installing the 3Com Gateway =

Article ID: 86930

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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 * Microsoft Mail Gateway to 3Com 3+Mail 3.0

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This article was previously published under Q86930



SUMMARY
Before you install the Microsoft Mail Gateway to 3Com 3+Mail, you need to perform the following steps:
 * 1) Connect to the network drive where the Microsoft Mail data files are located. You must have full access rights to the mail data files.
 * 2) On the local drive of the dedicated gateway PC, create a subdirectory for the gateway files. You must create a directory before installation; the installation program does not do this for you.
 * 3) Log on to both the 3+Open Network and the 3+Name Service as the administrative user.
 * 4) Make note of the name of the 3+Mail Service that is running.

Once you have done this, make sure you have the following information ready for the installation:  The drive and path to the directory where the gateway files are to go. The unique DOMAIN:ORGANIZATION the _GATEWAY user will be defined in.

This must be a new DOMAIN:ORGANIZATION; it uniquely identifies the 3+Mail gateway. This DOMAIN:ORGANIZATION is created in the 3+Name Service. The _GATEWAY user also is created in this DOMAIN:ORGANIZATION, which acts as the mailbag for all mail going from 3+Mail to MS Mail.

 The full three-part name of the mail server for the _GATEWAY user. This is in the format SERVERNAME:DOMAIN:ORGANIZATION.

The remaining installation questions can be changed later or left at the default.

