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Mail without Addresses:Making Directories Work for MailSheri Determan: 

Mail without Addresses: Making Directories Work for Mail Sheri Determan

Messaging Today: 

Messaging Today Heterogeneous environments - mixed messaging products deployed Different departments selected different products Mergers and acquisitions introduced new messaging systems for integration Internet access and security requirements Interoperability issues with different messaging systems Complex addressing schemes across multiple domains and geographic locations user@ccm.company.com for cc:Mail users user@notes.ny.company.com for Lotus Notes users in New York office

Customer Requirements: 

Customer Requirements Every user must be able to send mail to everyone in the organization Internet access to reach the rest of the world Address books for all personnel need to be updated and maintained Seamless connectivity for all messaging systems Existing proprietary gateways and connectors need to be supported Single Internet domain across all messaging systems and all geographical locations so that all users can be 'user@company.com'

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Lotus Notes cc:Mail Other Mail Microsoft Exchange Hercules Directory Internet @company.com White Pages Service, Routing Information Hercules

Product Features: 

Product Features Directory-based Internet Message Hub Utilizes Directory to allow single Internet domain across geographically distributed locations and across all messaging systems Provides White Pages information on all users Supports Lotus Notes, cc:Mail and Microsoft Exchange Directory Synchronization for keeping address books up-to-date Special feature - Internet Mail Address Mapping gateway allows existing gateways to be utilized in providing a single Internet domain solution

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SMTP Switch Internet Internet Mail Addr. Mapping Gateway cc:Mail/SMTP Gateway Notes/SMTP Gateway Message Store White Pages Routing Information Notes Dir Sync cc:Mail Dir Sync Notes cc:Mail Dir Sync Toolkit Exchange Dir Sync Hercules Architecture Exchange

Directory Synchronization: 

Directory Synchronization Delta updates - changes only Full synchronization every time is not necessary Details synchronize to Directory White Pages Viewable from any LDAP client application or Web browser Support for rich attribute list Synchronizes more details than just email address - telephone numbers, physical address etc.

Gateways: 

Gateways Gateways supported from proprietary systems to SMTP Uses Directory White Pages to determine relevant address When sending from Notes to SMTP, looks up Notes address in White Pages and determines the desired SMTP address Tunnels rich text for Notes systems Rich text is carried from source to destination Notes post offices through tunneling

Internet Mail Address Mapping Gateway: 

Internet Mail Address Mapping Gateway Maps Internet address to any other Internet address joe@acme.com can be mapped to joe@oldmail.acme.com Can utilize existing gateways but still achieve single domain capabilities Gateway can perform some message ‘fixing’ for legacy gateways Convert MIME messages to uuencoded messages before delivery to gateway

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Benefits Provides corporate 'White Pages' Directory can store user details (certificates, email address, telephone numbers) Single domain across multiple messaging systems joe@acme.com can be a Notes user fred@acme.com can be a cc:Mail user Easy migration to other systems As user migrates, email address doesn’t change

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