Internet Exchange for Lotus Notes Version 3.0 Release Notes

Internet Exchange for Notes Version 3.0 Release Notes

The following notes describe the changes to the various beta versions until this final release for Internet Exchange for Notes. Release notes date in reverse chronological order.

Introduction
This is the final release of Internet Exchange for Lotus Noters version 3.0. The new features include:

Complete 32-bit Architecture
Internet Exchange Version 3.0 is now a complete 32-bit multi-threaded upgrade from the previous Beta 1. This not only improves the speed of performance, but also makes better use of Windows NT and the Windows 95 operating systems.

Windows NT Service Application
Operating as a native Windows NT Service Application allows Internet Exchange to start in the background automatically without the need to manually log onto the system (this is a feature supported only in Windows NT mode). The advantages of operating as a Windows NT Service include added security and automatic startup, which permits the system administrator to reboot the system remotely without having to worry about starting Internet Exchange again.

Remote Web Based Administration
Internet Exchange now offers browser-based remote control with diverse functions: a user can access the gateway-MTA securely via the World Wide Web to monitor the operation of Internet Exchange, modify the gateway configuration, view logfiles and system resources, shut down or start the gateway or some of its individual components and schedule shutdown or startup. Remote Control is simple to use and explicit in functionality to the point that a new user could fully utilize on a first attempt.

Simple Mailing List Management
The new forwarding mechanism also allows for the creation of mail aliases, through which messages can be automatically redirected to multiple recipients.

Anti-Spam Engine
The anti-SPAM category of options are designed to control the reception of unsolicited and unwanted SPAM mail messages; an administrator may decide to automatically reject mail coming from any number of definable users, domains or IP address ranges. Internet Exchange is capable of recognizing a SPAMmer address in different portions of message headers, and once identified the offending messaeg is handled by a SPAM mail processor in a manner previously chosen th the administrator.

RAS Support
RAS is the Remote Access Service for Windows which is actively supported on all win32 platforms. This is a useful feature not just for dial-up issues, but for any Windows supported dial-up mechanism, be it a leased line that directly connects to a Windows system, a dial-up connection, ISDN connection, even a TAPI application that complies with the RAS API (such as video conferencing), and of course X.25. RAS is fully integrated into Internet Exchange, meaning that dial-up support is available in any language on Windows 95, NT 3.5x, and NT 4.0. Support for dial-up scripting is also included.

Gateway/MTA Migration Strategy
This migration strategy allows mail to be sent and transferred amongst cc:Mail, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange environments; the mail then appears to be of a format native to its destination.

The Migration Strategy is able to do the following:

Change and modify outgoing mail headers automatically
Permit forwarding of individual user addresses to any Internet sub-domain
Permit forwarding of entire sub-domains to any other Internet sub-domain
Replicate email sent to any other MTA

RFC-1522 Support
The added support for RFC-1522 allows for the inclusion of non-ASCII characters in Internet mail headers.

Ability To Set a Maximum Message Size Per Domain
This feature allows message size control on a domain basis vs. one global setting.

Configure Users Has Search Facility
A search facility allows a search to be conducted in a user database; this is particularly useful if the user database in the MTA is very large.

Windows 95 Updates from Microsoft
It is necessary for the proper operation of Internet Exchange that the Service Pack 1 and Kernel Updates be applied. They can be obtained over the world wide web at:

Windows 95 Service Packs (Microsoft)

SP1 file download - Prompted Version (Microsoft)

Windows 95 Kernel32 Update (Microsoft)

Web Server Requirements

Remote Control and WEB Servers
Internet Exchange for Lotus Notes V3.0 requires a WEB Server running on the same PC. Internet Exchange has been designed to work with a number of WEB servers. Support is limited to WEB Site V2.0 Pro as we have found it be a robust product that can provide all the security requirements that our users may have.

You may try WEB Site V2.0 Pro free of charge for 30 days. Should you decide to buy it please contact IMA directly. Purchasing from IMA will ensure that you receive Internet Exchange specific support on configuring WEB Site.

Please contact sales@ima.com if you would like to purchase WEB Site Pro v2.0

Getting and Installing WEB Site V2.0 Pro - 30 day Evaluation
To get WEB Site Professional please visit

http://website.ora.com

Follow the registration and download procedures. Once complete download a 17MB compressed file that contains various modules that compose WEB Site. We only require the basic WEB Server functionality.

Once you have downloaded the 17MB file, extract the files by executing the self extracting ZIP file. The basic web site funcionality needed by Internet Exchange is found in the WEB Site V2.0 Pro 4.1MB file called WS2PEVAL.EXE. Simply run this program and follow the Installation procedure to complete the WEB Site installation.

Once you have WEB Site on your system, run Internet Exchange's Remote Control Installer. This program will customize WEB Site Pro to work with Internet Exchange.

Security
WEB Site Pro V2.0 has a full range of security features including SSL which can provide strong authentication, traffic integrity and confidentiality.

Note: The URL for the Gateway is

http://your.gateway.com/ienotes/index.htm

Enterprise Edition 3.0 Final Release
This final release is largely unchanged since the earlier beta release except in a few minor user interface updates. Functionally it is the same as the Beta 4 release.

Enterprise Edition 3.0 Beta 4
Beta 4 is primarily a feature release as the previous beta versions have proven to be quite stable in the field.

Enhancements:

New Version 3 GUI added
Anti-Spam Subsystem added
Mailing List functionality added
Web based Remote Control functionality added

Changes:

Removed IP Address from license requirement

Enterprise Edition 3.0 Beta 3

Bug Fixes:

Mac file attachment can't be opened by a Mac Notes Client.
For file attachments using UUencode, the 'end' line is missing and makes the mail agent unable to decode the file.
When both subdomain to certifer mapping and Notes domain inclusion is set to 'Left'. The Notes domain routing information will be added double in the local part.
When NotesOut picks up addresses from non local Notes domain and the Notes domain name contains spaces, it is NOT replaced by an underscore or a dot.
when Notes in pick up an address to a non-local Notes domain, the default mapping is not reversed correctly.

Enhancements:

Lotus Notes Migration strategy
New field for forwarding address in Configure Users
New check button for replicate copies
Utilities now has included a disallowed senders list
Configure Users now has a search option
Internet Exchange can now understand Notes routing information for multiple MTA's on the same Notes Network.

Changes:

Sysman screen updates now permits the use of SHIFT and ALT
Enhanced error checking for wrong parameters
The License Key generator now requires an additional parameter, the IP address of your system

Enterprise Edition 3.0 Beta 2

Bug Fixes:

Improper call of KillTimer in SMTPD
Memory leakage for processing outbound Multipart/Alternative MIME message
Improper handling for empty sender address "<>" in NotesIn
Wrong handling for internet address -> Group address (equivalent to mailing list in ccMail) in NotesIn
Forms directory is now fully configurable

Enhancements:

Added Notes Delivery Report sending back to Notes mail originator
Added RFC1522 support (header encoding) for in / out bound mail.

Changes:

Fields in IMASetup screen is changed
On-line help doc. for IMASetup is modified to reflect the new changes in IMASetup.
Fields in "Configure Notes Domain" on Sysman is changed
On-line help doc. for the above session is modified to reflect the new changes.

Enterprise Edition 3.0 Beta 1

If the Internet Exchange is terminated unusually you may find that you cannot restart the Internet Exchange properly anymore (usually caused by a crash or manual termination of sysman).
When shutting down sysman (Internet Exchange Console) please wait around 30-45 seconds for all of its components to shut down properly, restarting it sooner may cause in message lockups.
SMTPD will accept illegal email address formats that will cause a fault in NOTESIN such as joe_)blow@ima.com
SMTPC will report an error#1 message if the remote server refuses connections based on disksize or mail size limitations, it does not affect the normal operation of the Internet Exchange however. (the error message is reported in the log file).
If the postmaster is mapped to an unknown user in the NOTES GATEWAY setting and is manually bounced twice by the administrator it will cause a loop in NOTESIN and NOTESOUT.
Large multiple IN A records are ignored (over 50 IN A records)