DOMAIN INSTALLATION

Domain Installation Tasks

1. Inventory Mailroom Material.
2. Specify Mailroom's Structure
3. Construct the EPA Mailroom.
4. Activate the EPA Mail Clerk.
5. EPA Mail User's orientation.
6. Populate the Mailroom with EPA Mailboxes.

Inventory Mailroom Materials

• EPAlib Folder
• EPAdata Folder

Specify Mailroom Structure

• An EPA Mailbox contains the mailbox's EPA Preference Set and operational logs associated with a domain UserName.
• Every actively EPA-managed mailbox must have a UserName identical to that of an existing domain mailbox.
• An EPA mailbox whose UserName is not identical can never be serviced by a domain's MTA.
• Mailbox Preference Set to be applied to determined by UserName in traffic Envelope's TO: or FROM fields.
• When Mail Clerk can't find an associated Mailbox ___
  ___ IF Domain Default Preference Set ('DDPS') is defined, it's applied to traffic.
  ___ ELSE Mail Clerk performs no management of the traffic.
  
• DDPS ___
  ___ Specified means no domain mailbox is exempted from Mail Clerk management.
  ___ Application is over-ridden only by named Preference Set.
  ___ Absence exempts all mailboxes with no named Preference Set from Mail Clerk management.
  ___ Can not be specified in an ISP-domain where clients lease mailboxes.
  

Mailroom Construction

1. Install EPA Software Library
2. Create EPA's Mailroom FTP account ___
   ___ EPA_Domain_ID = "<domain_name>_<domain suffix>"; e.g., "epamail_com" (lower case only!)
   ___ Account Name = epa_<EPA_Domain_ID> (first 16 or less characters)
   ___ Account Password = EPA@<EPA_Domain_ID>
   ___ Home Directory = 'etc/mail'
   
3. Add Account Name to '/etc/ftpchroot'
   
4. Copy the 'EPAlib/EPA.initialize' files to the Mailroom Home Directory
   ___ Create directory named 'ini'
   ___ Change directory owner to Account Name
   ___ Copy all files to 'ini'
   
5. Download and install the Window Clerk
   
6. Using the Window Clerk
   ___ Define the Mailroom Environment
   ___ Create your SysAdmin EPA Mailbox>
   
7. 
   
8. >>> [ EPA IS NOW COMPLETELY INSTALLED BUT NOT PROCESSING ] <<<
   

Mail Clerk Activation

1. Define the EPA milter for the system:
   ___ Change the current directory to cf/cf directory.
   ___ Copy your .mc configuration file to the current directory as sendmail.mc.
   ___ Edit the sendmail.mc file and add the following line the FIRST milter definition
   ___ ......" INPUT_MAIL_FILTER(`sample2', `S=local:/var/run/f2.sock) "
   ___ Generate 'sendmail.cf' by entering " sh Build sendmail.cf ".
   ___ Install the sendmail.cf and submit.cf in the '/etc/mail' by entering " sh Build install-cf "
   
2. Insert Mail Clerks' system-startup command
   
3. Insert Mail Clerks' 'crontab' scheduling table
   
4. Re-boot system/b>
   
5. 
   
6. >>> [ EPA IS ACTIVELY MONITORING ALL DOMAIN TRAFFIC ] <<<
   

Mailroom User Familiarization

Create Mailboxes

FOR DETAILED INSTALLATION PROCEDURES, SEE The EPA System Administrator's Manual