CONFIGURING THE PEER DOMAIN ATTRIBUTES
An Internet Exchange peer is defined as a remote host or domain name. This page allows you to configure the different Peer Domain attributes. Simply do the following:

  1. In the Domain Name field, enter the domain or sub-domain that has the specified capabilities (e.g. ima.com).
  2. Tick the Accept Mail checkbox to enable SMTPD to receive mail from a remote host. If this option is disabled, SMTPD rejects a HELO/EHLO command from the remote host with the following response:

      550 host hostname.FQDN is not authorized to connect to iegate.FQDN

    This option is enabled by default. For peers that are known spammers, disable this option.

  3. Tick the Transmit Mail checkbox if you wish to enable SMTPC to transmit mail to a remote site. If this option is disabled, the Output channels (i.e., CCOUT/NOTESOUT) will bounce any messages destined for the remote host back to the original cc:Mail/Notes sender. This option is enabled by default.
  4. Tick the Queue mail before attempting delivery checkbox if you wish all outgoing messages for this domain be queued first and placed in the SMTPC deferred queue where they will be processed at the queue run time for this domain. This way the messages will make use of the overall system resources more efficiently.
  5. For the dial-up connected ETRN hosts/domains, it is suggested to queue mail first before any delivery attempt until amd ETRN request is received or the queue run time of its domain arrived. When this option is disabled, all outgoing messages will be attempted first and will be queued if the attempt fails. This is suitable for those domains that require immediate delivery. This option is disabled by default.

  6. Indicate the Queue run interval This field determines how long the SMTPC should actively start a new Deferred Queue Processor to process the deferred messages for this domain. For those ETRN hosts, it is suggested to have a longer queue run interval; (e.g. 1 day), as the queue run for the ETRN host will be trigerred by the ETRN command once the ETRN host is connected. The default is 15 minutes.
  7. Enter a value for the Re-try period field to determine how long SMTPC should keep trying the deferred messages for this domain. When this expires, SMTPC will bounce the messages to the sender. The default is 72 hours (3 days).
  8. Enter a value for the Maximum sessions field. This value will be the maximum number of simultaneous outbound SMTP connections that can be established for the domain. The default value is 5.
  9. Specify the number of Maximum number of messages per session . This value will be the maximun number of messages that can be sent using a single SMTP connection. When this number is increased, more messages can be sent to the remote SMTP server per connection. The default value for this option is 6.
  10. Enter the maximum size (in bytes) of incoming messages for a particular domain in the Inbound field. If the incoming message exceeds this size, SMTPD will reject the mail during SMTP session. The default is 0 (unlimited).
  11. Enter the maximum size (in bytes) of outgoing messages for a particular domain in the Outbound field. If the size of the outbound message exceeds this limit, CCIN/NOTESIN will bounce the message back to the original sender. The default is 0 (unlimited).
  12. Tick the Convert non-MAC file to MAC format checkbox if you wish to convert all non-Apple attachments to Apple format by adding a header and an empty resource fork; and encoding the attachments using any of the Apple encoding methods selected in the Apple attachment encoding section. This option is useful when Internet Exchange is communicating primarily with a network of Macintosh computers.
  13. Tick the Convert MAC file to non-MAC format checkbox if you wish to strip all Apple attachments of their headers and resource fork, allowing non-Macintosh sites to access the information easily.
  14. Tick the Generate non-MIME mail message checbox to ensure that no MIME messages are generated for this peer. This is useful when communicating with older email systems that do not understand MIME. In this case, either UUENCODE or BinHex 4.0 is used to encode binary attachments; if the peer does not contain any Macinotsh recipients, it is advised to select UUENCODE encoding.
  15. Tick the Send encapsulated NotesMail as file attachment checkbox to attach the native Lotus Notes.NSF to the message as well as message text and and the attachments (if any). This is only useful if the recipient is also a Lotus Notes user. If the remote Internet recipients are also using the Internet Exchange Lotus Notes connectors, this option can be used to set up a "Virtual Intranet" Notes network via Internet Exchange. This option is used only by the Notes connector.
  16. Tick the Send only encapsulated NotesMail option. If this option is enabled, the message will contain only one attachment, which is the NotesMail NSF file.
  17. Select a Native Attachment encoding method. Tick the MIME radio button if you wish to encode non-Apple attachments using the MIME standard. Ticking the UUENCODE radio button on the other hand will use the older UUENCODE format in encoding the non-Apple attachments are to be encoded using the older UUENCODE format.
  18. Select an Apple attachment encoding method.
  19. After configuring the different options, click the Add button.