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Defining Routes
You can only configure a route between a remote mailnode and a computer,
both of which must already exist in the database.
The computer name must exactly match the name by which the remote
computer knows itself. If it does not then you cannot send mail.
Routing to a mailnode through a computer does not imply that the mailnode
is local to that computer, only that the local computer passes mail
addressed to that mailnode through that computer. Every remote address
must have at least one route configured for it. HP Desk cannot forward
mail to any location or sublocation for which no route is configured.
However, you can configure default routes to ease this task.
Route Priority
You can restrict the classes of mail that can be transported over a
particular route to certain priorities. In this way, you can set up
routes to be used for, say, deferred mail only. The use of this feature
is primarily to enable you to minimize data communication costs by using
the cheapest suitable transmission medium.
By default, a route allows any priority of mail to be transported over
it. You can restrict this to allow either deferred mail only (that is,
not normal or urgent mail), or just normal and deferred mail (that is,
not urgent mail).
By configuring priorities on routes together with the computer
availability times when mail can be transmitted, you can exercise almost
complete control over mail transmission in your network. You can thus
configure two routes to the same remote computer; one to carry urgent
mail only at regular intervals throughout the day over a high cost line,
and one to carry normal and deferred mail at cheap night rates over a
leased line.
Example
In this example, two routes are configured at New York to locations in
San Francisco, these are:
The direct which uses a dial-up link, for which urgent mail only is
route sent.
This is configured by specifying the Route Priority as
unrestricted and the Computer Availability as urgent only
(value 2).
The indirect which uses leased lines, going via Chicago. This is used
route for other mail.
To configure this, the Route Priority is specified as
normal and deferred only (value B), and the Computer
Availability is specified as unrestricted (value 4); this
means that only deferred and normal mail is sent.
The following table shows how the combination of route priority and
computer availability can define transmission characteristics.
Route Mail Computer Mail Combined
Priority Transmitted Availability Transmitted Result
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- 0 unavailable none
- urgent 2 urgent urgent only
normal
deferred
B 3 urgent
normal normal normal only
deferred
A 4 urgent
normal
deferred deferred deferred only
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For more information on the screens used to configure a local system into
a network of HP Desk systems, using the HP Desk Configurator read Chapter
12 .
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| How to configure an HP Desk network: |
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| 1. Run the Configurator by typing MAILCONFIG |
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| You must be either the MGR.HPOFFICE user or the HP Desk System |
| Administrator. |
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| 2. Add global information on all the other countries, mailnodes, |
| and users in your network, in the same way you would for local |
| users. |
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| a. At the Country Information screen, configure each |
| country in your network, pressing Add to record details|
| of each in the database. |
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| b. At the Location Information screen, configure every |
| remote location for each country in turn, pressing Add |
| to record the details. |
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| c. If any part of your system is to be hierarchically |
| addressed, go to the Hierarchically Addressed Locations |
| screen. Here, enter each location that is addressable |
| hierarchically. These locations must have been |
| configured previously. |
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| d. At the Sublocation Information screen, for each |
| non-hierarchic remote location in turn, configure a |
| sublocation. |
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| e. At User Information screen 1, for each remote mailnode |
| in turn, type the details of each remote user you want |
| to configure. |
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| You must configure all users on locations for which your|
| computer is a Node Resolving Computer and, in addition |
| any other remote users to whom your local users may want|
| to address mail regularly. |
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| When all necessary users have been configured, you've |
| completed configuration of the network Directory. |
| Return to the Configuration Main Menu, through the |
| Directory Menu. |
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| 3. At the Configuration Main Menu, select Network Menu. |
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| 4. Network Menu. Select NS/DS Computer Menu. |
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| 5. NS/DS Computer Information screen. For each remote computer |
| with which your computer will communicate directly, supply |
| information about the link. On completion, return to the |
| Network Menu. |
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| 6. Network Menu. Select Route Menu. |
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| 7. Route Information screen. Here, in turn, type each location |
| and sublocation in the network, and for each, enter the remote |
| computer to which messages addressed to that location |
| should be transmitted. You must configure at least one |
| route for every mailnode in your network. When you have |
| configured all routes, you've completed configuration of your |
| network. |
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| 8. Return through the menus and exit the Configurator. |
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